Seasons of Abundance

Photo Credit: Luma Pimental

“Life in abundance comes only through great love.” ~ Albert Hubbard

Summer is a season of great abundance here in Winnipeg. It is a time when green explodes everywhere your eyes can see and flowers blossom in rainbows of colour. Squirrels scamper down the fence with playful abandon. Birds chirp and tweet their merry tunes. Last week I tasted my first sweet bite of juicy local strawberries. But nothing compares to what I felt the moment I received the news of my grandson’s safe arrival into the world, healthy, whole and complete.

My son and his partner live in Brazil, and with Mister and my health challenges, we are unable to make the journey to be with them, to greet this beautiful baby boy bundle in person. I admit, it has been really hard to accept that as my reality. Yet when I gaze at his photos piling up on my photo app, when I listen to videos of his precious babbles, all my worries seem to disappear and all I feel is pure, over-the-moon, indescribably abundant and life-transforming love.

When I close my eyes at night, visions of my grandson dance in my head. Some are photo snapshots that my brain has committed to memory, others are fantastical imaginings of future times. Him and I playing in the sand on a beach somewhere, his giggles as the water tickles his toes. Holding hands, the feel of tiny fingers that trust mine. Singing nursery rhymes, being silly, five little monkeys jumping on the bed, stories at bedtime, snuggled up under a blanket of stars.

These images and sensations feel so real, they bring comfort while I wait. For how could I imagine things so clearly that will never come to be? They burrow into my heart and plant seeds of patience and peace, that I can trust the process of life and all is well. Instead of feeling sad, I feel joy that it will come to pass, and when it does, all this waiting and pining will be like a dream. I scroll for flight options and make mental lists of all the presents I will pack and how I will spoil all three of them, but not really, because it is impossible to love anyone too much.

To this point, I have more exciting news of more abundance to come. There is a granddaughter on the way, due the beginning of November! All of a sudden, in the space of a few months, my cup is flowing over with blissful blessings I never could have imagined. I can’t picture her yet, but in these incredible modern times I have ultrasound photos to spark my imagination. The fuzzy white and black images whisper to my heart, butterfly kisses take flight.

My heart expands, growing larger with each new day. So many blessings. The bliss feels limitless, like stars in the heavens or grains of sand. Tiny humans who reminds us of the miracle of life, of new beginnings, hope and innocence. An abundance of love like nothing else in this crazy, beautiful world of ours. I have a skip in my step, a tingling sensation that courses through my veins, that no challenge or hardship can darken—at least not for very long

If you have been in, or are still in, a hard winter season as I have been, take heart, dear reader. Toxic clutter can accumulate for all of us, but it is not permanent. An abundance of great love will come into your life that you never could have imagined, just as it did for me. It may not be news of a baby. It could be anything, from a new opportunity at work to a friendship you never expected. Summer will come as surely as a new day, so hold on and never give up.

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