Wash it all away...

There is something about a spring rain.
Something that wells up inside of me and makes me feel more alive.
Winter is always so long and trying.
It weighs heavy on me.
Spring comes and there is new and beautiful life everywhere.
It's refreshing.
It's inspiring.
Yet winter still weighs heavy...
Until it pours.
It washes away all of the sadness.
The despair.
The darkness.
It cleanses from the inside out.

It is pouring outside.
It is refreshing.
It has brought with it a calm.
A much needed calm I might add...
She has been teething!
We are worn out.
We needed a refresh.

Being a parent, I learn more and more about God's love for us each day.
If I would gladly take my Sweet Afton's pain and bear it for her...
How much more He for us.
I hate to see her in pain.
She doesn't understand it either.
She doesn't know why she is hurting.
How familiar.
I know that it is because she has tiny little teeth pushing through.
How often are we hurting and don't understand why?
He knows why and He desires to take us through it.

I have more mommying to do now...
I love to sit and watch her play.
I just adore her.
Everything she does is precious.
Then, just when I've had my fill of Afton watching...
She looks up and flashes me a devious smile.
What a reward...