It is snowing

Today is April 6th. It has been snowing all day long. I'm attaching pictures.
Jasmyn says, "I'm a little disappointed because I thought it was supposed to be spring."
Aislynn says, "I like that it's snowing."
Jonah says, "It's great that it's snowing. Maybe we can make a snowman!"
Mark says, "I love a good, spring snow."

Personally, while I think the snow is very pretty, I think my sentiments are more in line with Jasmyn.... (sigh)

But there are things we can't control. And next week it will probably be warm again and I will be reflecting on the warmth and cheer of the new life that is emerging because it is spring. It is fitting that we remember this week, of all times, that new life comes after death: that the spring comes after the winter.

The spring is more noticeable and more appreciated the longer the winter that precedes it. People tend to be out more here on those warm, sunny days, because they are rarer. Children and adults alike are on their bikes, walking, talking to their neighbors on those spring days that do exist because they know they have to when they can. They don't take the sun for granted. They don't take the warmth for granted. There is a lot to be gained from that. There can be value in the hard times, in the cold, in the deaths that we experience in life because if we are open to seeing, we then have a greater appreciation, respect and enjoyment of the good, the warmth, the life when it comes around.

Remembering that it is not forever does make the cold more bearable. And I delight in the joy my family is experiencing playing in and watching the snow.