My Dining Room Window

I love sitting at my dining room table in the morning, with my coffee and looking out the window. I have sat and looked out this window every morning for 29 years.

I have watched the sun come up. I have watched all the times the leaves have fallen off the trees in the back yard. And I have watched those same trees sprout their new leaves in welcoming the spring. I have watched the grass grow green and see it turn brown when the frost comes. I have watched the seasons come and go through this window.

I have seen the yard full of toys and children running around in happiness.Their laughter filling the air. I have seen the garden being freshly planted and the sprouting new plants and then the vegetables growing to ripeness. I have watched the puppies romp in the backyard in their youthfulness and gradually grow old as they strolled the back yard.

The children are grown, the garden is grown over and the dog is old but I still sit and look out the window and sip my morning coffee. The sun rises in the morning bringing in a new day. The squirrels are running around gathering the pecans that have fallen to the ground. The blue jays are flying among the trees. Spring is coming again.