Let it Snow!

I am in the "feel sorry for myself" part of life right now. I am licking my wounds figuring out where to go from here, what to do with my life and which step to take next. There are things I need to do for my family, but there are also things I need to do for myself. As usual, my family will have to come first. I am not complaining, but that is just the way it is.

As I was standing outside this morning in my black jacket, wondering if this damn snow will EVER stop and melt, wondering where my next step in life would be, and still pissed about my 80 minute commute this morning, I had an epiphany.

I looked down and saw the tiniest, most defined snowflakes fall onto my jacket. I stared as each one hit me. I heard nothing around me, saw nothing, concentrated on nothing - except these tiny works of art landing on me. If you've ever seen picture of snowflakes with all the little points sticking out, this is what they looked like.

Some were perfect, some not so perfect. But, they WERE gifts from God. Not to get too religious (as most of you know I am not super religious anyway), but, I felt that God was telling me to "slow down, take a deep breath, and enjoy the beauty in your life. Some of us are perfect and some of us are not so perfect, but we all have a purpose in life."

This morning, I believe, these little drops of frozen water purposefully fell to show me to appreciate my life and all of the people in my life and to savor the little moments before it's too late.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!