Something exceedingly rare happened yesterday on a very special day. It started to snow on Christmas day after lunch and didn’t quit until after midnight. Dad immediately called me when it had started to snow at my sister’s house in Alexander City.
“This has never happened before as long as I can remember,” he told me excitedly.
I had to remind him that his BMW had all-wheel-drive. He said it was a slippery drive home.
Mom surprised us all and didn’t go to my sister’s house for Christmas. She told my father she just didn’t feel like going. Mom spent Christmas day happily sleeping.
“It’s a special day,” I told my father. “Let her spend it however most comfortable it makes her.”
And so she did.
16 comments:
This is FUN! Like you I grew up in the deep south and never has this happened in my lifetime.
What fun you had giving those gifts to Mrs. Florene and George. I believe next year you will feel comfortable enough to join your family at your sister's. After all, look how far you have come in 2010.
Would be nice to get some of the snow on Gulf Coast. I am sure that will never happen.
We are waiting for our storm to begin in a few hours. Up to 7 inches I hear.
We have our leftovers and I have no plans of leaving the house.
No snow here, glad you got a taste of it. I have some friends on their way back from NJ and they said it's snowing in NC.
So glad you finally got a bit of snow to hang around for a while!
This week our church is hosting Winterhaven, a shelter for homeless men and women. THe weatherman first predicted 5 inches for tonight, but now the Washington area has been downgraded to a "Snow Watch." Looks like most of it will bypass us this time. Last year we had "Snowmageddon" --19 inches in a pre-CHristmas storm and 40 inches a few weeks later.
It snowed just a little in the North:)
Glad that you had such a nice Christmas!
We had some snow today but nothing was accumulating. It still was beautiful.
It was magical to see snow yesterday for Christmas. We were supposed to get a few inches today, but only got a dusting. That was fine with me. I'm cozy inside and it's been a quiet and peaceful day.
was hoping you got some of the snow and glad that I didn't get any of it! we got rain and cold following the rain. this mornign there was 1/4 inch of ice all over my car. I didn't venture out at all today. just relaxed and cleaned house. glad your christmas was good and white.
I know how much you love the snow - and to have it arrive on Christmas is really nice! We had a little rain, cold (for us) and very windy weather here on the Space Coast.
Santa was pretty nice - My credit cards and I will take care of what he forgot!
Delighted to hear that you're doing so well.
Love ya, my friend,
Grannie
I'm also having 'a do what you want XMAS' this year and so I applaud you and your mother. My priest turned me on to the Gospel of John which says that Jesus was part of God always and then he was flesh. The end, no angels, no Mary, no shepherds etc. Radical!
We didn't get but a dusting, still have about 6 inches on the ground. Just cold and windy, it's 14 degrees out right now.
My mom is in assisted living and decided she just couldn't do the steps in my house this year, so she stayed at Shady Pines. My sister and I visited Christmas Eve and one of my nephews went over on Christmas Day and I think it was ok, even though she missed seeing everyone. It's never easy during the holidays.
Hope you enjoyed the weather and your holiday.
Glad you shared the snow with us. Having had a "slip" in my psycho-spiritual health right around Thanksgiving.... (such an unexpected spill).... I am more humbled myself about the impact of my striving for recovery and becoming fully medication-free.
Truth be told, I am in a place of gratitude that there are medications that put the brakes on "mania" or the spirals of "reactivity" that make me suffer.
I expect that my doctor, having seen that I can have extended periods of being symptom-free AND on low dosages of medication, might be more inclined to help me specifically identify my triggers. Also, I think that I can help myself "next time" by having a specific sleep hygiene practices as soon as I begin showing vulnerability. I wonder if developing a "grounding" prayer practice to help with sleep might help me out.
Take good care, and never feel failure for your ventures. Slipping is natural until we understand and can consciously believe in (and practice) prevention.
Best, Smitty
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