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There is snow/ice event headed my way in hours, long before my arms will have recovered from the last shoveling event! Then, there is another snow/ice event headed on Wednesday night and my arms ache just thinking about it! The local forecasters are also suggesting another event on Sunday and then next Tuesday. One after another as if we had requested snow and cold!

For three years, snow and ice had skirted my little spot on the map as if we had a protective forcefield around us! I dutifully pulled out the SAME bag of "safe" for pets ice melt every year and then dutifully returned it to the garage intact. To be honest, I was feeling a bit smug about the lovely if unusual winters.   

The first storms of this season passed me by, but the past month has been brutal! I've worn my boots every single day! I had to scour multiple stores in order to find another bag of "safe" ice melt. 

I was feeling "down" until I thought about my Littles sliding down that hill again and again at "take-your-breath-away-speed." If I am honest, that is what I really want to remember about winter weather!  I thought about the snow day video with my Littles dancing in the middle of a Thursday as if it was normal. Then, I got a request to come "see" my Little's new snow fort. 

If I am honest, snow is annoying and shoveling is not fun, but the joy snow provides is immense for those not burdened by shoveling. Plus, Spring is 37 days away.