March was a cold month. I wrote in the beginning of the month about it "coming in like a lion" and hoping it would "go out like a lamb". But with many days of snow, wind and cold- that seemed pretty unlikely. It wasn't until a couple of days before Easter when we had a semi-warm afternoon that I followed my kids to my neighbor's yard and saw a picture book like sign of the season change.
At the end of the gravel driveway leading to the back of their home, we saw their sheep lazily grazing in the yard, overgrown with matted white wool. In the corner of the yard, a tiny black lamb stood on it's shaky legs and let out a baby sounding "baaaa". At that moment, a beautiful brown bunny with a white cotton tail hopped across the little pasture over to one of the sheep. The bunny jumped playfully in between the sheep's legs and like a little puppy, teased his new friends by bouncing on their noses as they ate. It was an unbelievable spring picture, captivating and perfect at the end of a gloomy weather month.
Luckily, the old March saying held true for our business too. It did come in like a Lion and although it did not end up quite as picturesque as the afternoon scene at the neighbor's, it did finish with renewed hope for the months to come.
