Snow!
So, all of you who are from anywhere east of the Rockies, please don't roll your eyes and launch into one of your 'You-call-that-snow?!-I'll-tell-you-about-snow!' speeches. Just hear me out, and be happy for our 1/4 inch dusting last Sunday.
See, Brookings doesn't get snow. Well, I take that back, I remember it snowing when I was a kid. Once. It lasted one day. This is the land of rain, not snow. So, imagine our DELIGHT when Josh yelled down the stairs Sunday morning, "IT'S SNOWING!"
The weird part? We've just had two months of sunshine. In a place that gets rain from October through June, it's been an odd winter. Then, it's snowed. No transitioning into winter this year. But, it still had that 'Brookings flavor.' Meaning, the weather changed every 5 minutes.
So, all of you who are from anywhere east of the Rockies, please don't roll your eyes and launch into one of your 'You-call-that-snow?!-I'll-tell-you-about-snow!' speeches. Just hear me out, and be happy for our 1/4 inch dusting last Sunday.
See, Brookings doesn't get snow. Well, I take that back, I remember it snowing when I was a kid. Once. It lasted one day. This is the land of rain, not snow. So, imagine our DELIGHT when Josh yelled down the stairs Sunday morning, "IT'S SNOWING!"
The weird part? We've just had two months of sunshine. In a place that gets rain from October through June, it's been an odd winter. Then, it's snowed. No transitioning into winter this year. But, it still had that 'Brookings flavor.' Meaning, the weather changed every 5 minutes.
First, we have snow. Can you see those tiny flakes?! This is at 8:15 a.m.
Oh wait, the weather has changed her mind again (I'm assuming the weather is a girl in this scenario). This is the next morning.
What makes my heavenly Father so particularly cool in this situation, is that my kids had never seen falling snow before. Not for a lack of trying to see snow. In fact, we went hunting for snow twice last month. No snow. Anywhere. So, because God is gracious and the giver of good gifts, he just brought the snow to us. Thank you God for making a magical memory for my missionary munchkins.
