First day of Spring

Everyday it's the same thing.  My husband and I crawl out of bed asking ourselves why we stayed up so late the night before.  We swear that tonight we'll get to bed earlier.  We wake our two older boys up and immediately begin the routine of "shushing" them to keep them quiet so they won't wake their younger brother and sister up.  Inevitably, our three year old and four year old hear the morning commotion downstairs and make their way to the kitchen, rubbing their eyes.  Today began no differently.  We hustled about, getting breakfast and packing school lunches.  Out of nowhere, my husband broke our morning routine to call us all outside.  Right there, big as life was the most perfect rainbow I had ever seen.  It went from end to end and filled the whole sky.  In my entire life I have only seen a full rainbow one other time.  We stood in awe.  Who would have thought that right outside our door was such an amazing thing and we all would have hurried by without even noticing.  It taught me a good lesson on this first day of Spring.  Pay attention to what God puts right in front of you.  It's so easy to lose sight of the important things.
  Yes, on this fine Spring day I had a good reminder to slow down and pay attention.  It's always good to take time to enjoy the good stuff.