January 5th

Oh it started out all wrong. Lying in bed this morning after my alarm went off, I fell into the awful practice of telling ones self, "just a little longer, I'll lay my head back down while I collect my thoughts." Dangerous! Before ya know it your shower time eats into your breakfast time which spills into getting dressed time which spills into driving time and it just gets worse from there. On top of that a sad fact hit me while driving, the snow is almost gone! We didn't have a white Christmas and it hasn't stuck around since so it is hard to accept that it is winter. When looking outside I just get this dismal feeling that makes me upset. What comfort is there for a cold or runny nose when there wasn't even a great day of sledding or playing in the snow to blame it on?

But on this gray down-trodden looking world today it rained, and that is the blessing that caught my eye today. It wasn't a spirit dampenning rain that takes the clouds out of the sky and puts them in your heart and mind. It wasn't the terenchal downpour that is excitingly powerful yet destructive. Instead it was the happy light hearted pitter-patter, hardly discernable at a glance but when I did take notice a slight smile played across my face. Unfortunety there was not enough to mke puddles to jump in, but I did allow myself some few moments of foolish dancing in the parking lot during 8th period. But who could resist that cold rejuvinateing sprinkle that that makes the world seem big and open and full of happyness.

Though others may not have got the same feeling from the rain that I did, I thank God for the joyeness that He showed me in such a darn awful winter.