Snow Day 2011

I know for most of you living in the north and east, to hear about snow falling isn't a major deal. It's almost like people living in Southern California claiming to have a sunny, warm day. Yet here in the high desert where snow is a rarity, we were granted with a lovely surprise yesterday evening until late this afternoon.

We received 5 inches of snow! That's enough for the cities to close all the local schools and cause kids to scream and parents to cry. We had an official snow day.

Not like the incredible one that was discovered in the wonderful book by Billy Coffey, by the way, if you haven't read it, truly you are missing out on life's greatest storytellers.

No, ours was a day filled with living in a snow globe for most of the day. While at night, it was truly a silent night, filled with what I call, the cone of silence. It's where you step outside and there is a hush to everything, no cars racing down the street in a hurry to get home, no noise at all, just the silent wonder of watching snow fall.



By 4pm, most of it had melted away when the sun came out briefly, but here and there in patches facing the north, and in the shade you could still see the signs that snow had come. It's often sad to think how many people drove on by in a hurry to get somewhere and completely missed the miracle that happened today. Miracles happen everyday if you are willing to slow down and look. Thank you God for this lovely escape today.