Spring arrived early this year for my daughter and me.

Here in Charlotte, we ditched coats several weeks ago in favor of sweatshirts and shawls, and many days recently we have pulled on short sleeves and sandals. I’ve already turned off the heat, we’re sleeping with some open windows and trees are blooming everywhere. To be honest, we’re both a bit giddy about the pleasant weather. It wasn’t quite like this during the month of March when we lived in the Washington, D.C. area.

We moved to North Carolina last fall. I returned after 20 years away; my 15-year-old daughter is adjusting to life in a new hometown and to high school. The comfortable weather  is easing the transition.  

Here is how Mark Twain described the joy of spring:

        It’s spring fever.  That is what the name of it is.  And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! 

Springtime will be especially delicious this year after the unusually brutal winter. Enjoy.

Related posts:

1. Enjoying family time
2. Wishing for more snow
3. Doing spring cleaning in the fall