“Remind your body how it says yes
to blossom, fruit, release, and rest—each its own kind of prayer.”
—Christine Valters Paintner

—– Opening reading chosen and read by Amy W.

A festival of green, spring green
Live oaks pushing out their new green leaves
Bald cypress quietly swaying with soft spills
Water plants beginning to spread carpets across the water
Tiny flowers of yellow, purple, white and even tiny red strawberries decorating the carpet where I walk
Feeling the cushion beneath my feet
It’s time to walk gently on Mother Earth

— Photos and poem by Sue J.