What is it about snow that brings out the kids in each of us…. makes grown people go sledding… catch snowflakes on their tongues… makes us want to curl up in front of a large window with a big mug of hot chocolate, a cozy fire and just watch…
… being from Louisiana.. enjoying snow was not part of my upbringing…. when I travel north … youth are surprised that I didn’t toboggan as a kid…. 2 things were missing from my childhood that would allow me to enjoy that pastime… snow and hills…
…one winter it did snow… not just little flakes… BIG snow as Max would say… big flakes… and in the morning it was still there… as luck would have it I was home sick that week… and was not allowed to go outside and play… the agony of it all… it makes me sad just thinking of it… ugh!!!… when my mom busied herself in another part of the house… I hurriedly put on boots and a coat and walked outside in our back yard… it was huge… and blanketed with snow… I remember it was if it were today… down the steps… carefully as not to slip… around the shed… and back near the clothes line is where I found a moment of pure joy… I quickly laid down in the snow… and you guessed it … made a snow angel…. it was perfect… what a feeling… as I walked away from my masterpiece… it didn’t occur to me… this was the thing that would tattle on my road trip from the house… I quickly made my way back into the house… put my clothes and boots away.. and crawled back on the couch.. thinking no one will ever know…. as I am learning …moms see and find out most things we as children don’t want them to know.. when confronted about the snow angel… I nonchalantly lied… and said I have no idea what it is doing there or who would do such a thing… after some time I came clean and suffered the consequences… more time on the couch….
… it never snowed again while I was growing up and it wasn’t until college and a trip to Colorado did I make more snow angels….
… it’s the whimsical way the flakes fly around… it’s the whiteness of the ground.. it’s the dream of snowmen and snowball fights….making ice cream….getting to stay home from school… renting movies and cuddling up with our loved ones…. sledding with friends…. as a pastor friend of mine says with a laugh…it’s a chance to marvel at God’s great handiwork…. whew! That’s Good!…..
…. it’s a little thing that we can enjoy on earth… and isn’t it the little things that add up to the big things anyway…
… I wrote this several days ago as I watched it snow outside my window… not enough for a snow angel today…. but one day soon Ron, the boys and I will enjoy the pure joy of our creations…. till then…. God bless
Celia