Belmont University lies well within the city limits of Nashville, Tennessee. It’s surrounded by typical Nashville gritty streets and old two-story brick facades, but somehow, the big brick buildings create a sanctuary the city’s dirt can’t penetrate. When I parked my car in the (clearly marked and free) visitor’s parking right beside the school, I felt a sense of shelter. Everything seemed so quiet, so peaceful, so right within this little liberal arts bubble, especially with the soft snow still clinging to it.
On the lawn stood a little wishing well surrounded by tiny pansies. Snow crusted the flowers, but they were still persistent and vivid in the cold. I saw the snow, the flowers, the wishes in the well and I thought all those wishes might be for summer.
~ The Dauntless Princess ~