I awoke this morning to utter disappointment, very little snow. I was so hoping for a day of snuggling in bed or on the couch, watching TV and aggravating Savannah... didn't happen. I guess the last time we had a really good snow, and I mean really good, Savannah was maybe two and we lived in an apartment on Jonestown Rd. in Winston-Salem... Oh it was so fun. My cousin Sherri and I put her little tail on a sled and just pulled her everywhere... she loved it! And talk about cute, she had this little pink hat with white fur trim and she would say "it's cold outside, the frost will bite your toes off"... or should I say, she sang it! I do remember when she got a little older, we went with Papa Steve to Steve Keener's house, a friend of the family. At the time, he lived in a little house that was right on a pond and there was hill on the other side. Oh the fun we had going down that hill and praying the sled didn't venture toward the pond! Great fun! Now I also remember when I was little, going sledding down Beeson Dairy Rd. and my cousin, Annie B. pulling us back up the hill in a vehicle... I think it was her dad's Bronco. Wouldn't dream of doing that now... but it was so much fun! And how can I forget the time when I was in my teen years and went with my sister and a bunch of her friends sledding down Rural Hall Elementary's side hill on the greatest aluminum signs... you talk about flying! I felt like Chevy Chase on Christmas Vacation!!! Too fun! I wish that my child could experience just a little bit of the snow that we used to have, not that it was a lot or that frequent, but we did get at least one little snow every year. I have a friend that lives in Canada and it is averaging -12 there with so much snow, they can't keep it shoveled. I have requested just a little of it for down here, but so far, no luck!
Well, I will keep wishing for snow at least as long as it is cold... I figure if we must suffer, at least we should have something pretty to look at and play in! I just hope that those that are without shelter during these really cold times are able to find warmth and a place to stay... thank you God for all the many blessings you have given me and my family... and for even the littlest bit of snow... God is good...
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Do you remember the year we had the tubbing *tracks* in our front yard and spent all day for a couple of days out there shooting down the front yard and across the road?
Those were the days. I miss the snow.
Yes, and do you remember when that big pile of limbs was in the cow pasture beside the pack house and that little hill beside it? We sledded down the hill and acted like the pile of limbs was our house? I miss those times and would love some snow... what a simple time!
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