For those of you who are sick of winter, I offer the following:

• We have gained 1 hour and 32 minutes of daylight since the shortest day of the season
• Sunny mornings are dawning with the accompaniment of songs by cardinals, nuthatches, chickadees, and sparrows
• The average daily temperature (historically speaking) has begun to rise
• Black bear cubs are being born all around western Massachusetts
• The NCAA basketball tournament starts in slightly over a month
• Red-winged blackbirds will be showing up any week now
• Spring Break starts in less than a month and will last a good three weeks this year!
• The Red Sox equipment truck and pitchers and catchers have arrived in Florida for spring training.
• I’ll be tapping my maple trees within the next week

Hang in there!

Benjamin F. Thompson, LICSW, BCD
Director of Psychological Counseling Services