Remember this post? I really have tried to remain true to embracing each season, to enjoy the stillness,  the deep rest that winter brings to all living things. To not fight it, but agree that yes I too need winter. I need it to slow down and to think deeply.  But March is hard.  I am straining to live present in the reality of each day, to not wish away my days.  I don’t want to miss one day of this one life I have, to embrace  it even if with difficulty.  I too need winter as do you. We need the dark dismal lifeless daysto remind us of how amazing life really is, how connected we are to nature and the world around us, to rest, to be still, and to yearn for more.  More life. More green. More dreams. More Hope. Its renewal.  I just can’t wait.

So dear Chicago… help me out here… bring us all that Spring has to offer!  And please bring it fast!

When I saw this mug sitting in the coffee shop I refused to buy it, thinking “I don’t need this? do I?” I Then I walked around it, picked it up, counted how many more there were left, picked it up again, remembered how our kitchen cabinets are overflowing with mugs that we vow to get rid of and just can’t seem to.

grow. so simple. so green. so me. so very inspiring.

When I saw eric for the first time that day, I was surprised how quickly my encounter with this mug was blurting from my mouth. The size, shape, color…. Eric asked “You got it right??” I replied with a no. He rolled his eyes and told me to go get it right now…..

I was too embarrassed that this simple mug had meant so much to me. Two days had past, and Eric returned from his day with a gift….

grow.

This mug has become a motto for me and this business. I sip my morning coffee on many mornings, hoping something magical, something inspiring will seep out of it and into me. It is so many things that I am about….

simple. green on the inside. lowercase. imperfect. trying for more.