Snow is my favorite and my best!

If you live in the southern states, snow is something uncommon and beautiful. It is something, we in Georgia rarely see. Every five years or so, we down south get a glimpse of the winter wonderland you northerners get to enjoy every year. Whereas it would just be another day in most places, if it snows down here everything closes and people, young and old, rush to the streets to pelt snowballs at each other and roll in the snow. We look at the snow as a true blessing from God. Our everyday lives are put on hold and we sit in awe of the beautiful blanket of white draped so softly over all we see. I do believe the last time it snowed in Augusta was January of 2002; we were definitely due for some snow!

This winter, Kailyn has been infatuated with snow. I don’t know if maybe it’s the fact that practically every Christmas show she watched featured this white wonder, or simply the curiosity of what exactly it was, but she was hooked! We actually had several long talks about my we didn’t get snow and that not every Christmas is a white Christmas. About two weeks ago, I was picking Kailyn up from her Mother’s Day Out program and all of the children were playing outside. I noticed Kailyn lying in the sand moving her legs and arms back and forth. I asked her what exactly she as doing and with wide eyes she looked at me and answered, “It’s snowing, mommy! I am making a snow angel!” She looked so very happy! In that moment I never wanted snow more! There was our darling girl playing in the sand as if it was snow…and she so happy! Not only did she show me her beautiful snow angels she had made, but also the snow angels of all the other children who had been making snow angels in the sand simply because she told them it was snow. She had even attempted to pile sand up and make a snowman…or is that sandman! Needless to say it was precious and I thought that was as close to snow as Kailyn would ever get…little did I know! Last night Kailyn and I had decided to make some chocolate chip cookies, around 6:30 we got a call from my brother Bob. All he said was, “Are you seeing this?” In a few seconds I had the front door open and low and behold it was snowing! I rushed into the kitchen and told Kailyn it was snowing. Instantly, she ran to the front door looked outside, turned to me and said, “Snow…it’s my favorite, Mom!” I don’t think I could put on her coat and gloves on fast enough! We ended up walking to my parents to play in their yard and then proceeded on a walk around the neighborhood. Each place we stopped Kailyn would attempt to make a snowball or a very small snowman. We ended up stopping at one street where there were at least fifty people in the street and numerous snowball fights going on! We ended up playing there for about an hour and then headed home, soaking wet and frozen! At home, after a warm bath, we fixed hot chocolate and ate a few of our cookies we made. While we were defrosting, Tony asked Kailyn if she had fun playing in the snow. All she said was, “Yeah,” and smiled from ear to ear. It was so wonderful to get snow, but even more amazing to see a dream come true for Kailyn!