Mention "snow" down South and it's the people who start flurrying. Most of the time it's more about puppet-master weathermen jerking our strings and engineering frenzied trips to the Publix, and you'll have a hard time convincing me they aren't in cahoots with the "Got Milk" people and bread manufacturers of America.
I wonder if bread and milk really are the most-purchased items at the slightest hint of snow. I'd wager beer is somewhere at the top of the list unless you're a good Southern Baptist, 'cause we all know they won't be drinking in a snowstorm, or dancing either. I bet the bad Southern Baptists will, but I KID! I KID!
Did I just offend anyone?
Anyways….
My People in the Tennessee Valley were treated to a SURPRISE snow blast yesterday and EVERY WEATHER PERSON MISSED IT! Oh, how it blesses my snow-coveting soul when they err on this side of a wintery mix! Snow chunking from the sky renders me absolutely g.i.d.d.y. and though visual inspection suggests to you I'm a 40-something mother, if you check below skin's surface I am 11 again.
I pity the mid-Westerner or Northerner who wants to smack me right now. Every like-minded, snow-deprived Southerner completely understands, is nodding their head, and for the more demonstrative, might've just shouted "Amen!".
However, all was not well yesterday, as is often the case when Southern municipalities are not equipped to handle road conditions. A friend called about six to tell me the road to her home was closed. A doctor's visit for her youngest daughter had demanded she take all three of her girls out in the midst of the storm, and she had been trying to get home for over two hours (it should've taken 25 minutes). I told her to come on, I was in the midst of cooking chili.
Wendy was weary and frazzled and about DONE with the inconvenience of it all–mamas know what I'm talkin' about–and she apologized to me about barging in.
Here's the thing, though. It's hard to make time for friends. Work and kids' activities and life demands squeeze out the space to make room for getting together with friends. Intentions are good but the "tyranny of the urgent" is a greedy beast who devours initiative and energy and hell-paving intent.
In the economy of "Robin World", Wendy's "intrusion" was a welcome one! We might've not been able to make time, but circumstances arranged it. Isn't that lovely?
So…they parked at the foot of our steep drive…trudged up a snowy mountain…landed at our back door…and were treated to a grill cheese and chip dinner before roads were clear for them to return home.
They had chocolate eclair for dessert. Me?
I had pink- and lavender-frosted punkin pie!
And a sudden craving to fill my uterus with blue eyes and blond curls.
Hmmmm…guess a good snow can stir up a whole heap of trouble!!
😉
Oh, and that is why I love you….go fill that uterus, my friend. 🙂 We need more of your genes in the world. :)See you in less than a week!!
I can relate! It is hard to make time.. Snow is a rascally reminder to slow the heck down. Cute pictures!!!
LOL, ummm, unless God is a BIG TIME practical joker, it **can't** happen. But that doesn't stop me from wanting to pinch their ever-lovin' curly head off! 🙂
{{Looking forward to seeing you, too!}}
Hey, I just thought of something–it LITERALLY stops us in our tracks! Love it! (and thanks!!)
Girl,
I just love it when He interrupts our world with snow storms in the south. It’s just so darn refreshing. I also love the yearning we get to have more little ones when we get around sqishy pink and purple girls. Alas, that is for another blessed gal in a different season. *sigh*.
Here’s to friends that can just pop on over and hang..
Thanks for sharing,
D
Those are some pretty precious girlies!
I have to say though that after 4 years in south Texas and blessedly snow-and-ice-free winters, I am having a hard time adjusting to winter weather in Oklahoma. We are on day three of being stuck inside due to a MASSIVE ice storm, and I am dreaming of life in the tropics.
Great thoughts on life making way for re-connections. Sometimes that’s what it takes!
Looking so forward to meeting you next week (can you believe it?). Refreshment is a good word for connecting with people who matter…thanks for sharing your thoughts!
If we were stuck inside and lost power? Ai yi yi, it wouldn't be nearly as poetic! Hope cabin fever doesn't hit too hard. I love having a "real" winter, but I can't imagine what YOURS looks like now. I think I might just commence to whining! 🙂
that was a delightful read
a safe harbor! what a good friend.
i am a good southern babtist girl totally not offended. =)
oh my heavens, i CAN spell baptist!!! don’t know HOW that B got in there!!!
If your uterus hurts now just wait until you get to squeeze my little man’s cheeks at Blissdom!!!
A very fun, and funny post! I live in Wyoming and we’ve had snow on the ground since before Halloween and it’s likely to be around for some time to come!
They say the difference between and adult and a child is that one sees snow and thinks “Damn! I have to shovel and leave early, and the roads will be dangerous!” and the other sees snow and thinks, “Hurrah! It’s snowed!”