January 20

Today marked yet another difficult milestone for us: 52 weeks ago, Logan was admitted to the hospital for the final time. The end of his stay was February 11, the day he passed from his earthly body and my frail human arms into his Heavenly body and God's complete and total care.

So it was especially important for me to see something like this:

It's a honeybee. Given that our usually temperate weather has been marred and jarred of late by sub-freezing nights and cool days, it was surprising to both Adam and me to see it resting there on a vibrant flower petal.

It was, to be succinct, a much-needed sign of life. We're still very much --both literally and figuratively-- in the depths of Winter, yet somehow, that sweet little bee was out and about, getting ready for the business of Spring and the new life that's to come.