One of the best things about living in the South is the fact that we experience all 4 seasons. I love each season for a different reason, and could not imagine a year without snow in the winter, green grass and flowers in the spring, hot summer days by the lake in summer, and the beauty of fall colors.
This week Spring has arrived in Spartanburg. The picture below is the view from the student parking lot. Clear blue skies with clouds that look like soft pillows, soft green grass that calls you to go barefoot and cherry blossoms in full bloom; all which make it hard to walk inside and hit the books. We had a windy day last week that made the cheery blossoms fall like snow.
Spring is the long awaited relief after a cold winter. (I know cold winter in the south is laughable to those of you from the north, but it does get cold and we do have snow here even if it is only for a few days a year.) Spring always comes when I just don’t think I can take one more day of cold weather. It offers me a renewed spirit. I also think of the song lyrics by the Byrds taken from Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To everything turn, turn, turn. There is a season, turn, turn, turn, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
PS I had the opportunity to experience the full warmth of spring this last weekend. I will now be sporting a sun burn around campus!!