Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Sounds Of Spring

The past couple of days have been extraordinarily warm.

I bundled Nick up to wait for the school bus, as usual, and as we stood there I realized it was noisier than usual. "What do you hear?" I asked.

Birds. There were birds singing.

And rain. Only it was snow melting and dripping off the roofs of houses.

And a stream. Only it was just the melting snow running downhill.

Warm weather does amazing things for my soul. I get happy in a way I forgot that I could. The cold and dark of winter hardens people, I think.

After two days of weather so warm I sent the boys out to ride bikes without coats, it is scheduled to get cold again tomorrow.

I can't wait for spring.

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