The Cat Made Me Do It

This morning I woke up to gray skies. Mother Nature was playing her tricks again. It’s Spring for crying out loud, but the snow was falling.

I grew up in the north. Snow has always been a part of life. I have memories of making snow angels, skiing, building snow men, and catching flakes on my tongue. Christmas without snow? I can’t imagine!!

My kids have grown to love the same things. We make plenty of angels. Try to make our snowmen more interesting each time. They’ve learned that mommy is really good at snowball fights and 5 against one doesn’t scare me!!! At an early age they were out sledding. We’re northern bodies. Snow doesn’t scare us!!!

Now I’ll admit snow isn’t always good. I get tired of shoveling. When it melts it makes a horrible mess! The 4 ft snow drifts in my driveway were not enjoyable (neither was the $85 tow bill!). I don’t like when it snows so much that it becomes hard to drive and intersections become so piled with snow it’s hard to see. Yeah, there are definitely some down sides.

The sun has come out now. The snow has stopped. My pretty white wonderland is melting. Everything looked so clean and fresh this morning. The ground sparkled in the moon light. My yard has turned back into the muddy, brown patch. I know it’ll turn into a nice green paradise for the summer. And don’t get me wrong I LOVE summer, bikini season!!!

It’s only April and I’m sure I haven’t seen the last of the white stuff for this season. There will be a few more mornings of me waking up to my clean white yard. Secretly, I can’t wait.

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