Welcome to April Friends!

by Irene Roth, Blog Editor/Writer

I love the month of April. Finally, all the rest of the snow has melted away and the tulips and crocuses are peering through the ground. They are offering me so much hope for the next six months. There is nothing that says hope and love like the spring/summer months for me.

Pretty soon, the trees and flowering shrubs will be budding out. It’s like all of nature is waking up from a deep sleep and hibernation. Soon, the bleak brown trees will be replaced by a luscious green and colourful palate.

Yet as a fibromate, I have to be very mindful of pacing during this busier time. It’s easier to pace in the winter when there’s not a lot going on. But in the spring and summer, there’s just so much to do. In fact, there is much more to do that we can ever dream in our right mind to complete.

And that’s okay because our work will always be there. But it’s when we enjoy every moment of what we do in our garden, planting, pruning, and watering, we can enjoy the season and all it has to offer.

I love gardening. It’s one of my hobbies in the spring, summer and fall. I am able to plant my seeds at different times in the spring and even early summer to have a longer harvest. For me, there is no more joyous moment that seeing small plants popping out of the ground in my raised gardens.

Since gardening season is right upon us, as well as the season of barbequing and enjoying the greater outdoors with friends and family, we felt that pacing would be the perfect topic for the month of April.

I hope you enjoy the blogs this month.

And if you have any articles, poems or book reviews on pacing, please be sure to send them to us.

Have a great April! Please take the time to smell the new flowers and flowering shrubs. They don’t last long. If we blink, we may miss nature’s beautiful tapestry.