Finally it's really snowing. Yesterday had our schools closed on the rumor that it was going to snow buckets of white stuff by noon. Buckets, by the way, according to Washingtonians is anything more than an inch. I'm really not that blasé about the whole thing because I love snow – as long as my power doesn't go out. But still, people around here hit the panic button really fast. Then again, people in Washington – when it does snow – do really stupid things. I digress…
Here, with all my children tucked into their beds, I am happy to enjoy a cup of coffee and watch the snow fall. I can watch the news – and then turn it off to enjoy the stillness of the morning. My oldest daughter will be up soon, she's still on east coast time and we'll have some time to chat before anyone else in the house even stirs. I'm enjoying the phenomenon of having adult children – so little changes and yet everything is different. And I'm well aware that anytime we are actually all together is pretty special. Snow means none of us are going too far from the nest today. Another gift that is given to us – if we take the time to appreciate it. It's easy to hunker down into my routine – to lose myself in a project or task – but it is just as easy to get up out of the chair and go spend time with these people that I love.
Okay – I gotta go J
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