Hope

Hope by Cecelia Regan (a Short Story Contest entry) 

It has been a long winter: long nights, grey, cold, rainy, sad, isolating, endless.

But spring always returns. We are reminded that we come alive again by new growth, color, singing birds, longer days, warm sun, neighbors emerging, and happy hearts.

This is the cycle of life. Our dark days are enlightened by the hope of a new day.
When winter seems endless, spring impels us forward to joy.

Hope will never disappoint.