Little Blessings

As most of you know we got snow/ice starting February 1st and then the weather stayed in the 20s and under for 3 days with more snow falling in the wee hours of the morning until lunch time on the 4th. We got about 4-5 total inches at our house.

Last year when we got 12 inches of snow it was so beautiful and I really enjoyed all it had to offer. It only lasted 2 days and the temperatures were not as cold. Here is Levi in the snow suit Carol bought, it was a little too big last year, it's a 12 month size.

This time around I did not meet it with as much joy. Philip's mom was very sick when the ice was at his worst and he drove the 45 minute drive to see her on the icy overpasses on Wednesday the 2nd. I was thinking, really God? Is this the best time for this weather?

Then when Philip went outside to get in his car to try to make it to the hospital at 1am on the 4th to see his Mom before she passed because her nurse had just called him and woken him up by telling him that she was coding and they were doing chest compressions he saw that the snow was coming down heavily and came back inside for a few minutes to let the car warm up. Then as he crept his way to the hospital, the nurse called him back to say that she had died and he sat on the side of the road alone, crying, on an icy highway with limited visibility because it was snowing hard. Then I REALLY questioned God about this weather! Not to mention that my 18 month old was going totally stir crazy all week and so was his Momma! It took Philip 2 hours to make it to the hospital to say good by to his Mom. Really God?!?! And all the weather people could talk about was the super bowl! Urg! Philip got back home from the hospital at around 5:30am and told me had stopped on the way to help pull someone out of the snow with his 4 wheel drive truck. This is the amazing man I married, always thinking of others and always willing to help.

BUT...after he was finally able to go to sleep and he woke up around 11am there was beautiful snow everywhere, most all of it totally undisturbed on our street with every lawn in a perfect blanket of white. It was beautiful. Big flakes were still coming down. We all bundled up, Levi in his snug, highwater snow suit, and we spent about 30 minutes outside as a family playing in the snow and building a snow man. Philip got to spend time in the beauty of nature which is when he says he feels closest to God. We had something to distract us. Levi ran all over with a big grin on his face, eating snow, making tracks, throwing snow, helping make the snowman...Philip was loving watching him. And I thought....ok God, maybe you do know what you are doing...maybe this weather is a little blessing, after all, he made it driving without getting hurt and now we have this happy moment on a very sad day, that we will always remember.