“Can you smell spring, Mom?” I recall my 7-year old daughter saying, as she rushed in from out-of-doors.  “Come, Mom.  Come smell spring.”
So I went outside with her and enjoyed the scents and sounds of spring.  When we stop and wonder with our children, we’ll enjoy the small miracles of nature we often rush past in our hurried adult life.

Listen to the bright red cardinal sing his merry song in the maple tree.
Watch the robins bring straw and grass and other objects to build a nest.
Splash through water in a puddle.  Never mind that feet get wet.
Skip stones across the brook on …read more