There is something about this time of year that always touches my heart a little more deeply. The rain, the soft return of green, the tiny signs of life waking back up after a long winter. Yesterday, Nic and I were outside looking at our hydrangeas starting to bud. Hydrangeas are one of my very favorite flowers, right alongside tulips, and every single year they amaze me.
Even though I know this is what flowers do, I still stand there in awe.
These plants live through the harshest storms, the coldest winters, the rainiest days, and somehow, faithfully, they come back. Year after year, they bloom again.
There is something so inspiring about that.
Nature has a beautiful way of reminding us of truths we need to hear. And this week, those little budding hydrangeas felt like a quiet message: resilience is often growing long before we can fully see it.
So many of us have walked through difficult seasons. Seasons of loss, stress, uncertainty, change, waiting, heartbreak, or simply exhaustion. Times when life feels heavy and the skies seem gray for longer than we hoped.
And yet, just like those flowers, we keep going.
We bend.
We weather.
We rest.
We gather strength beneath the surface.
And when the time is right, we bloom again.
I think sometimes we forget how strong we really are because growth does not always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like getting through the day. Sometimes it looks like choosing hope. Sometimes it looks like being gentle with yourself while you heal.
That counts, too.
If you are in a difficult season right now, I hope this reminds you that winter does not last forever. Storms do pass. Roots deepen in the dark. And beautiful things can still come from the seasons that tested you most.
You may not be in full bloom today, but that does not mean you are not growing.
💛 Christiana
