Proof of Winter

My bedroom (here at my parents house) has a skylight right above the bed. It makes a perfect observation point for the weather when I wake up each morning. Today there was a dusting of snow across it, so I couldn't wait to hop up out of bed to see how much snow was laying on the ground.

It's not much, but it's enough to know that winter has firmly planted her feet and she isn't going anywhere soon. I enjoy watching the snow flakes fall; I never get enough of it when I'm overseas. I always feel a little thrill ("snow day!") that takes me back to childhood, when I didn't have to go to school. It felt like a free gift of time, something I appreciate more and more as I get older. Of course, today I still have work to do, newsletters to get out, financial reports to finish.

But at least I can do those things while watching out the window at the snow falling.