Snow Day!

Just the mention of a snow day sends excitement down my spine. I can’t pinpoint what it is exactly, but it does. Was it the childhood feeling of no school? Playing in the snow? Sledding down old route 1 highway when it wasn’t open yet? Maybe it was just the time my dad spent with me and my brothers and sister, he was always the one to show us how to have fun in the snow. My mom was always the one who stayed home in the warm house who had hot chocolate with marshmallows ready for us when we came in.

Now, as a teacher, that same excitement sends a thrill through me! Is it the promise of sleeping in with no alarm? Shoveling the deck or the driveway? I know it can’t be making a snowman because last time I did that must have been in good ole Neosho, MO with Ashley! It can’t be the shoveling, because my sweetheart of a husband always does this part. He is the best shoveler in town. He is too sweet, will NOT let me shovel. After all, I should be making him hot chocolate not watching him!

Snow, ice, freezing temperatures reek havoc on our roads, our pipes, and our bodies. Our noses and cheeks get cold and red, our pavements crack, our roads get big potholes, and our pipes may burst, (when we lived in Missouri, that was our biggest concern, freezing pipes) yet, we still jump and holler “hooray!” when it snows. My husband and I always dream of getting snowed in… why? Maybe because we must stay inside? All warm and cozy… with no where to go, nothing to do. Not a single snowflake has fallen and he has already called an official pj day tomorrow.

I keep coming down to one point in my head. I am pretty sure I love the snow because of the white wash it gives everything. It just makes the ugly, beautiful. It gives everything a beautiful, white coating and everything just looks so pretty! Christmas lights are still aglow, the super moon has risen and it is so very still outside. The snow even muffles sound for me. What a wonderful, peaceful time. Maybe that is what I love! The peace, and the new start it gives me.

Take time to enjoy the snow. It might run amuck on your way somewhere, but just take it slow please… we would rather have you arrive late to your destination than not at all. Enjoy the fun in the snow, remember it, cherish it, pass it on to your children. They will love you for it.