If you caught me trudging the girls into preschool last Wednesday (hi Tracy), you would have seen my bad attitude rearing its ugly head about this little thing called winter. I had mentally began listing all the things I didn’t like about winter so I could step on my soapbox (my blog) and shout out to all the people I know (that mostly live in California ) (where the sun doesn’t stop shining and temps don’t drop below 72 degrees) about how miserable I really was.
But a little something stopped me. It was the thing that I had intended to pair with my “bad things winter list”– the “good things winter list.” And what started to happen (in my mental list capacity, remember) was that my good things winter list outgrew my bad things winter list. And I had to eat crow, change my attidtude, start swallowing the right vitamin (it’s “D,” thank you , Jill) and embrace this season of peace.
Calmness. Serentity. Beauty.
Because after all, snow makes winter look and feel magical.
They certainly think so- I love my family taking a first look outside together. I always peek in between my blinds before I come downstairs- something about looking out to see if the clouds left us a ground covering of white powder:
It did- three days worth! I even saw the sunshine coming out yesterday and quick crossed the road to show off this winter beauty, because it’s very rare that we see her these days.
Can you believe the houses across the street back up to this amazing field? With just a dusting of snow and an early morning frost, it was a really amazing sight.
And so was this- another favorite old barn around the corner on Hanes. It’s on a two-way street so I had to enlist Andy for some help with this. He dropped me off and picked me up. I was a little bit of a trespasser, but no one came running out with a shotgun, so I guess I’m okay this week.
After this shot, I felt just about at peace with this thing called winter. Life, after all, has so many seasons and if I wish this one away, I will miss the beauty and blessings hidden in it.