After winter, we don't get a guarantee of warmth. We get the opportunity for warmth. And that is enough. So, what is after winter?
But if you pause and look around right now—during those awkward weeks where the ground is a slushy mix of mud and leftover snow—you realize the answer is much more complicated, and much more beautiful, than a single word.
You will have a 70-degree day followed by a blizzard. You will wear shorts in the morning and a parka at night. What comes after winter is chaos —but it is the good kind. It is nature reminding us that nothing moves in a straight line. Winter is monochrome: white, grey, brown. What follows is a gradual saturation boost.