It’s snowing!!!

Okay, so the picture is from last year (I didn’t post it already, did I?), but you get the idea. It’s absolutely insane! Yesterday, it was 65 degrees, I was outside without a jacket of any kind, perfectly comfortable. Now, here we are with over five inches of snow! It started out this morning cold and rainy. As the day wore on, the rain turned to sleet, then hail, and then fluffy, amazing, white, snowflakes! (For a while, the thunderstorm lingered while it snowed. I’ve never seen it lightning while snowing. It’s breathtaking!) It’s horrid to drive in (ice under a slushy mix), but it’s absolutely gorgeous! And I have officially been hit with my first snowball of the year. Some girls outside the dorm were having a snowball fight, and they so kindly decided to include me. One went just in my general direction, the next one- in my face. Yeah, it was very cold, and to tell you the truth, slightly ouchy. But, that’s life. I survived, and I’m sure I’m to face many more before the season is out. Oh! And we sang Christmas carols on the way back to the dorm! It was so wonderful! I am so ready for Christmas! (Okay, not really, but I am ready for the holiday season!)

You know, I used to hate winter. I despised it with a passion. While I enjoyed the first snowfall for a little bit, I hated the cold it brought. But things have changed. I don’t hate it anymore. I can’t hate it. I see its beauty shining far too brightly now. Last year, I wrote a poem about the sorrow of winter coming, about life hiding from the bitter darkness of the snowy world. But you know what I’ve learned? There is life, even in winter. And it’s beautiful. Today, I looked out around me and for half a second, almost wished I could go back to hating the frosty cold, but I couldn’t. All I could see was a world of exquisite beauty. You see, I can’t go back. Far too much has changed.

 

interesting how one's perspective can change...

What a blessing it was to be able to walk through that in a skirt. I miss school, but i don't miss walking in winter with a skirt on. But what a blessing it is to know the it all came from God. Funnie how one little rain can change to sleet to hail to snow and it be thundering and lighting at the same time. Winter is very beautiful, but the cold is just too cold to love it. But, over all- it is all a blessing. If it was Summer all the time- then it would be boring, and if it was Winter all the time- then it too would be boring. So we are able to have both Summer and Winter.. Looking forward for each other- but wishing it can stay the way it is. Even tho the pic is from last year- you still look beautiful just the same- if not the same then better :). Keep your head up, and keep warm. Looks like a cold winter is ahead. Maybe you can wear pants after classes like we did that one day last year. Wuv ya lods-
-Dayna-May {TinyToes}

P.S. I was very glad that I had seen you again. missing hearing my nickname from you. You are still the only one who calls me Dayna-May. Maybe i am Dayna-May because Day and May are alike- and in the May the sun is up.. . Have a great Semester!!

Monday, November 13th 2006 @ 10:21 AM

Beautiful picture Katy Girl!!:):)

i agree!

Oh Kate you crack me up!! Love you lots!! :)