The arugula and red lettuces have stretched out their
delicate leaves as this dry spring makes its way toward summer. It is the time
of simple salads—lemony oil or balsamic vinaigrette, creamy avocado, cucumbers.
The days are long and I watch the light filter into different rooms at different
times. There is much work to be done: there are weeds to pull, mulch to spread,
and annuals to purchase and pot. But in a season of busyness my body slows down
and requires me to do the same. It grants all its energy to nurturing the
little one, its fragile project. With God’s good grace, he will arrive sometime
between the peas and the green beans, just in time to welcome summer.
