Apparently some snowfalkes are in our forecast here. Not a snowfall, as it were, but some flakes. I just sipped a mug of hot chocolate in hopeful anticipation. If only we had a fireplace to curl up next to, well, life would be just about perfect.
Munchkin’s Mom called me two weeks ago. Simply because it had snowed that day and she thought of me. This, in turn, warmed my heart and soul. To be thought of, by anyone, when something as magical as a snowfall occurs is quite possibly one of the biggest honors in life.
Snow, for me, is the most amazing and magical thing in the world aside from birth. It is a birth itself, or, rather, a rebirth. Every winter, the world is washed clean from the brown, ugliness of leaf-stripped autumn. The world once again sparkles with hope and even as adults we find ourselves believing in what might happen as opposed to wallowing in what never does.
The magic of this season comes at a time when I fully feel myself finally exiting the emotional cave of this past year. I’ll knock on wood as I type this sentence but I feel that my last journey with postpartum depression is drawing to an end. I am not always patient with my children but I have so much more patience than six months, four months or even two months ago. My thoughts have returned to their normal anxious state instead of their overly panicked and paranoid state. And, shock of all shocks, I can honestly say that I feel happy right now. I could use a nap, sure, but, folks, I said happy!
Is it merely the season? I think not.
Or…
I hope not.
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I felt strangely energized by the fall this year, but not so much by that snow!
Yet my favorite winter moment is after an overnight snow when everything is still and crisp and new.
so glad to hear things are looking up.
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I wish I shared your view on winter. This is my least favorite time of year — when all of the glory of autumn is gone. With the early darkness and the sudden cold, I feeling that good old season depression creeping in. Blah. (But I’m glad you’re enjoying it!)
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I’m with you, Jenna…Although driving in snow leaves me panic stricken (I wish I was exaggerating), I love the snow. I love the season. I love the magic.
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