Snow....a blanket of white
Snow....a reason to laugh
Snow....glistening in the sunlight
Snow....unexpected
Snow....welcome
Snow arriving New Years Eve morning
filling my heart with such joy, such utter delight.
Snow....for building snowmen
Snow.... for sledding down the hill
Unaccustomed to the temperature, my hands, nose,
and especially my toes, feel the chill.
Snow in my California town; who would have
thunk it? It doesn't snow here ever, but it did!
We heard it was possible, but thought it was not
exactly probable.
In the dawning of the new day, we found a reason to display a smile, and laugh with childlike abandon. Our world was reborn as it lay there covered in white, like a blank canvas. In every snow flake, hope drifted down.
All over town clusters of children and adults, feeling like children, took a pause from their everyday stuff, to enjoy this happening that does not happen any day for us.
A reminder of Hope came down....now it is our job, yours and mine, to pick it up and help it grow. Not only in our own hearts, but in the hearts of the people we encounter. Could be family, could be a stranger you brush elbows with on a crowded sidewalk. It could be a smile, a kind and helpful gesture, or listening while a hurting friend pours out their pain.
From here, this place of newness, we begin with fresh perspective and hard earned wisdom. Hand in hand , we will make it through this year with high hopes; leading the way to fulfilled dreams and promises that are our new reality.
