Weather Gods

The weather gods have been kind recently.

Last week Motivated Mom and I spent an extended weekend visiting a friend who lives in Florida. The purpose of the trip was twofold. One, to visit a good friend. Two, to remind ourselves that warm weather still existed somewhere in the world.

When we arrived in the southern climes, Florida was just coming out of an unusually severe cold snap. The weather gods saw fit to send two seventy degree days and we were able to get in some time on the beach.

Yesterday our friend called to tell us that the temperatures in Florida had fallen again. We had been fortunate to time our trip when we did.

Today, here in our neck of the woods, the temperature made it up to sixty. Quite warm for Delaware at this time of year. So, again, I was able to get outdoors. Although today my outdoor time was spent on chores rather than visiting the beach, the sixty degree weather was indeed a gift.

A sixty or seventy degree day once a week allows for a whole different attitude toward the cold. On a snowy or bitter cold day I have the recent gifts from the weather gods to remind me that the cold shall pass and better times shall prevail.

Now, if only I knew what kind of sacrifice the gods were going to demand........