Little blessings

Well, today I marched my butt out the door with determination to finish double-digging the beds for our greenhouse. As I pickaxed through foot after foot of old roots (note to self: if there's an inexplicably bare patch of earth in your yard, consider the fact that there might have been a tree there previously. Dur.) I started getting tired and LESS determined. Now, there's no one here to encourage me in this digging but myself, so I just made do with what I had -a loud voice. I started shouting with every swing "I WON'T let my children starve! I WON'T let my children starve!" and yes, at this point, in my mind, that is what I will be facing if I don't get my act together and learn these skills (like gardening, and calculating correctly how much food we'll consume in a year, etc.).
Again I was starting to get tired, and I could feel the blisters rising up on my palms, so I hammered that axe down into that soil and paused for a breath when my eyes were suddenly opened to what was around me.
See all my little blessings!
Signs of life:
Grass and sage sprouting out in the lawn.
Bees, BEEEEEES!! And other insects buzzing around.
WORMS!!! Tears literally sprang to my eyes when I saw those beautiful little garden helpers!
Other little blessings:
The first three feet of soil is sooooo soft and crumbly and delightful, I can't WAIT to get all these sprouts off of my kitchen table and out into that yummy dirt!
The neighbor's adorable little daughter came running over while I was out there and gave me a half-bushel of apples! Whatever shall I do with them, hmmmmm? I think we've got some PIE in our future!
Our lettuce and the popcorn had a 100% germination rate!! BOOYAH!
We get free five-year-matured manure tomorrow from Craigslist to spread, as much as we want!
And lastly, not only did BOTH of my children sleep through all of this digging, but they also slept long enough for me to write this. Yay!

Ooohhhhh MAN, spring can't come soon enough!