On this cold and snowy day, I have remained cuddled up inside. I am thankful that I didn't have to be out in this weather. I am thankful that all 3 of my children were safely tucked inside with me. I am thankful for the extra time....for time to rest. I am thankful for the friends I have spoken to or communicated with. I am thankful for the time we have spent, the games, the laughter, the family time.....which has kept our souls warm as the snow and wind have wreaked their havoc outside.
Although I am no big fan of snow....there isn't much I can do about this storm, except to make the best of it. I hope and pray that everyone that has had to be out in it...has been kept safe and warm. I know that winter is part of the scheme of things....the cycle....I get all that....and though I am grinning and bearing it to the best of my ability...I am also very anxiously awaiting the arrival of light and new life and...Spring!!
“So all night long the storm roared on:
The morning broke without a sun;
In tiny spherule traced with lines
Of Nature’s geometric signs,
In starry flake, and pellicle,
All day the hoary meteor fell;
And, when the second morning shone,
We looked upon a world unknown,
On nothing we could call our own.
Around the glistening wonder bent
The blue walls of the firmament,
No cloud above, no earth below,
A universe of sky and snow!”
~ John Greenleaf Whittier
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