Missing this Outlet

With the best of intentions, I wanted to revive this blog last fall after a long hiatus due to cancer. It just didn't happen. All good things--more time at home with the family, more investments in friendships, more lounging while watching HGTV, less doctor's visits, and more time to exercise. I've realized just how much I enjoy writing my thoughts out on this blog. It's an outlet to share my thoughts, to remember the sweetness and challenges of this season of parenting, and to celebrate the small successes of making it further and further from my cancer diagnosis and treatment. We've had a wild winter here in the Georgia. I never imagined that my kids would experience 3-4 inches of snow not once but twice this winter. We usually get a dusting of snow most winters, but it's 1/2" to 1" tops. As you know, it shuts down the South...the grocery stores are packed, the bread and milk aisles are bare, schools shutdown, and traffic is ridiculous. It doesn't hold a candle to my Northern friends and those who are covered in snow for 6 months of the year. It's fun for us to be couped up for a couple of days and then to emerge only to experience a 60 degree day just a couple of days later. We've made the most of our snow days. The kids are ready to go first thing...to sled, to build a snowman, to just experience this winter wonderland. It's amazing. It's breathtaking to see the trees covered with the splendor of fresh snow. It's funny to see the make-shift sleds that we create to have a faux sled ride. Here are some of my favorite pictures from Southern Snowmaggedon--Sledding, Movies, and a Warm Fire.