{"id":1657,"date":"2025-05-31T16:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T16:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2025-05-31T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:04:13","slug":"the-breath-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1657","title":{"rendered":"The Breath of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-454ff41d25289360c2fdb121a1df0536\"><strong>&#8220;Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.  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Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dfc3889c13e007d4b1e20a40701e1772\"><strong>Isiah 43:18-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-293a9e55dacf617bff245852947945f0\">The beauty of a spring morning is hard to put into words.&nbsp; Try as I might to capture the sights and sounds and smells of spring, words are not adequate to describe the joy felt during a walk on a spring-time morning.&nbsp; Yet I strive to explain my experiences in an effort to preserve the beauty so that I might visit it again and again.&nbsp; I find that it is during this hopeful time of year that we are inspired to make changes\u2026 to begin again with a fresh start.&nbsp; As the spring rains begin to fall and new life is coaxed out of its winter slumber, we too begin to awaken to new possibilities in our lives.&nbsp; Spring is a time like no other and so I try to put into words the very breath of spring\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-white-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f66897f2f879ee75013be4b4664c803d\"><br><br><strong>The Breath of Spring<\/strong><br>By Krista Longeway<br><br>A gentle wind softly caresses my upturned face<br>As it dances through the branches of a nearby tree<br>Cherry blossoms above form a pink canopy of lace<br>The breath of spring carrying their sweet perfume to me<br><br>The trees carry the rhythm of spring\u2019s gentle shower<br>And new leaves flutter and sigh as the wind passes by<br>Bees quietly buzzing from flower to flower<br>As fluffy clouds sail across a deep blue sky<br><br>When spring rains begin to fall, on the wind you can smell<br>The sweet scent of damp earth and of green growing things<br>Birds chirping above in the trees, their songs will tell<br>Of the wonder that the breath of springtime brings<br><br>Can words explain the joy that\u2019s felt on a springtime morn?<br>Can words ever be enough to share the feelings it will bring?<br>Or words describe the beauty of new flowers as they form?<br>Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?<br><br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?&#8230;&#8221; Isiah 43:18-19 The beauty of a spring morning is hard to put into words.&nbsp; Try as I might to capture the sights and sounds and smells of spring, words [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1658,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Breath-of-Spring-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1658\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"var:preset|color|black\"}}}},\"textColor\":\"black\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color\">\u201cForget the former things; do not dwell on the past.&nbsp; See, I am doing a new thing!&nbsp; Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"var:preset|color|black\"}}}},\"textColor\":\"black\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color\">Isaiah 43:18-19<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"var:preset|color|black\"}}}},\"textColor\":\"black\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color\">The beauty of a spring morning is hard to put into words.&nbsp; Try as I might to capture the sights and sounds and smells of spring, words are not adequate to describe the joy felt during a walk on a spring-time morning.&nbsp; Yet I strive to explain my experiences in an effort to preserve the beauty so that I might visit it again and again.&nbsp; I find that it is during this hopeful time of year that we are inspired to make changes\u2026 to begin again with a fresh start.&nbsp; As the spring rains begin to fall and new life is coaxed out of its winter slumber, we too begin to awaken to new possibilities in our lives.&nbsp; Spring is a time like no other and so I try to put into words the very breath of spring\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:verse {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"elements\":{\"link\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"var:preset|color|white\"}}}},\"backgroundColor\":\"pale-cyan-blue\",\"textColor\":\"white\"} -->\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-white-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color\"><br><br><strong>The Breath of Spring<\/strong><br>By Krista Longeway<br><br>A gentle wind softly caresses my upturned face<br>As it dances through the branches of a nearby tree<br>Cherry blossoms above form a pink canopy of lace<br>The breath of spring carrying their sweet perfume to me<br><br>The trees carry the rhythm of spring\u2019s gentle shower<br>And new leaves flutter and sigh as the wind passes by<br>Bees quietly buzzing from flower to flower<br>As fluffy clouds sail across a deep blue sky<br><br>When spring rains begin to fall, on the wind you can smell<br>The sweet scent of damp earth and of green growing things<br>Birds chirping above in the trees, their songs will tell<br>Of the wonder that the breath of springtime brings<br><br>Can words explain the joy that\u2019s felt on a springtime morn?<br>Can words ever be enough to share the feelings it will bring?<br>Or words describe the beauty of new flowers as they form?<br>Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?<br><br><\/pre>\n<!-- \/wp:verse -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-beginnings","category-uncategorized","category-spring","category-the-garden"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Breath of Spring - Krista Longeway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1657\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Breath of Spring - Krista Longeway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 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