early spring \ the quiet return of light
There is a moment each year when the light begins to change.
It is not dramatic at first. The mornings still carry the coolness of winter, and the trees remain mostly bare. Yet something about the day feels different.
Light lingers a little longer in the afternoon. Windows begin to glow earlier in the morning. A softness appears in the air that was not there a week before.
Early spring rarely announces itself loudly. It arrives gradually, almost quietly, as though the season is testing its return.
A window is opened for the first time in months. A coat feels heavier than it did the day before. Someone notices the warmth of sunlight resting on the floor beside a chair.
These small signals often go unnoticed unless we are looking for them.
But when we do notice them, the shift feels reassuring. After the long quiet of winter, the world begins to move again - slowly, gently, without urgency.
Early spring does not rush the year forward. Instead, it offers a quiet return of light, reminding us that change sometimes happens in the smallest increments.
And often, that is enough.
