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Email a FriendPosted by Aileen on Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 9:58 AM (EDT):
I feel sad that baby boy won’t be in his girl snowpants anymore! Perhaps you could find some cute pink shorts for him. 
What’s That Strange Light in the Sky?
Could it be spring?
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:30 AM
Here comes the sun, baby.
At least that’s what we gullible New Hampshire folks thought last weekend.
Will we never learn?
In our defense, I must tell you that temperatures reached the high 50s, the sound of trickling water filled the woods, and our front lawn showed patches of mud—honest to goodness, glorious patches of mud!
Daniel spent hours outside, oblivious to the cold of the snow on his fingers.
I think it felt good just to feel again, just to breathe the fresh air and squeeze the muddy earth between his pudgy fingers.
We have had a taste of spring and now there’s no looking back. Never mind the several inches of snow that were dumped on us Monday morning. Never mind the sleet and freezing rain that we had all through the night and into the morning today.
We have seen the light. It is still Lent, but we have our sights set quite firmly on the goal we are working toward—Easter.
If it weren’t for the cold, how would we know the warmth?
If it weren’t for the darkness, how would we know the light?
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Posted by Mary on Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 5:23 PM (EDT):
Danielle, Thank you for this post. As a fellow New Hampshirite (is that even a word?! lol), I have had a VERY hard time w/this latest storm after spending hours outside on Sunday watching my daughter (almost 3) roam around w/her bubble mower and we even put her porch swing up & I pushed her & pushed her…she absolutely LOVES to swing & could’ve stayed in there all day. Mom is not of the same ilk, however, as I have been down & saddened by this setback albeit temporary…it wasn’t till late this afternoon when that “strange light” began peeking through the dark & clouds & drizzle that I even started to think, okay, those curtains that I took down, washed & dried 4 days ago… yup, maybe they WILL get back up there tomorrow. I’m not done w/Lent (will we ever be, really) but I am ready for Spring, that is for sure!
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