Promise of Spring

March has not been an easy month for most Americans, so I’m glad it’s almost over and that April is around the corner. I know from our  birds that spring will come, despite the snowfall today.  We'll welcome it with open arms here.  Nelson Algren once said “Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.” I disagree. Chicago is in the heart of the Midwest, and after a long, hard winter when springtime comes we seize its promise of better days to come. 

Turns out, there are a lot of quotations about spring. Victor Hugo understood the painful inequities of French society that eventually led to its revolution, but still held fast to the hope of spring: “Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.”