SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2023 - APRIL IS HERE

 SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2023 - APRIL IS HERE

Ahh - April.  If there is a perfect month, April might be the forerunner.  You can scratch November to March for being cool (or cold).  And (especially in the south), you can scratch July and August for being too hot.  (Definitely my opinion)

That leaves March, April, May, June, September, and October.  

March can be blustery as winter fights to keep its stranglehold going

May might also be a perfect month

June can frequently have hot and humid days

September brings sweaters and light jackets out of the closet

October had Halloween, but it can be like March in reverse as the weather changes

Maybe there is a tie between April, May, and September.

How about “April Love” (as song by Pat Boone):

Sometimes an April day will suddenly bring showers

Rain to grow the flowers for her first bouquet

But April love can slip right through your fingers

So if she's the one don't let her run away

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Simon and Garfunkel had “April, she will come”

April, come she will

When streams are ripe and swelled with rain

From: April, come she will

When streams are ripe and swelled with rain

May, she will stay

Resting in my arms again

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Morning has broken, like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird

Praise for the singing, praise for the morning

Praise for them springing fresh from the world

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlight from Heaven

Like the first dew fall on the first grass

Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden

Spring in completeness, where His feet pass

Mine is the Sunlight, mine is the morning

Born of the one light, Eden saw play

Praise with elation, praise every morning

God's recreation of the new day

(Christian Hymn made popular by Cat Stevens)

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April showers bring May flowers

(As kids we added, “And what do May flowers bring?  Pilgrims”)

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Odyssyonline says this about April:

10 Reasons Why April Is And Always Will Be The Best Month (theodysseyonline.com)

The Birthstone is the diamond - the hardest gemstone, the one most common in wedding rings and can be cut with many facets to let the light gleam.

The flowers in April are daisies and sweet peas: The daisy symbolizes innocence and purity while the sweet pea signifies blissful pleasure.

There are three holidays in April - April Fools Day, Easter, and Earth Day. That is a lot of holidays for one month! April is just extra appreciative!

In April the flowers start to bloom, and the earth returns to beauty after winter

In April, baseball season starts

April has some beautiful weather - sun, rain, even rainbows

National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

And, April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day!!!

I tried for a couple of months to avoid peanut butter - but last week I bought some peanut butter, I have butter and jelly - and - boom off I go!!

Years ago, I didn’t believe there was a peanut allergy.  I thought a friend who said she had a peanut allergy just didn’t like peanuts.  I have learned differently.  

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Enjoy the April weather, enjoy life!!

LOVE WINS

LOVE TRANSFORMS

KAREN ANNE WHITE, ©, APRIL 2, 2023