I'm Dreaming Of

Rylea let me sleep until 6:30 this morning. I guess that was my Christmas gift from her. When I got up to let her out, I saw this on the back steps.

And I looked up and the sky looked like this.

And when Rylea came back inside, she had this on her head.

Then the sun came up and I saw that the yard looked like this.

Now, I know some of you may laugh at my paltry little snowfall, but I've waited 46 years for this.  Forty six years I've waited to have a White Christmas, and I finally got one.  Suddenly, the Christmas I had wished I could just sleep through became the best Christmas ever.

I must confess, I cried like a baby when I saw the snow falling. 

After breakfast,

I went outside and took a few photos, because the snow was rapidly melting and I knew it wouldn't last much longer. 

Though the temperature was already above freezing, I was able to capture a few images of this wonderful morning, before it melted completely away.

Though, in hindsight, I think I might have been better off if I'd put on pants for this venture.

Don't get excited.  I wasn't naked.  I had my Snoopy pajamas on.  They just weren't very warm.

Afterwards, I did something that many of you may consider to be a very foolish thing.

As long as I had waited for this snow, I wasn't going to let it melt completely away.  The snow outside was gone by 8:30, but there is a little baggie of my first White Christmas Ever tucked safely into my freezer. 

Later, as I warmed up with a mug of peppermint hot chocolate, I thought about what Christmas really means. 

There were no presents to open.  No family or friends gathered round me, but this was the most wonderful Christmas I can remember.  I had received two very special gifts.  One lay sleeping in a manger so very long ago.  The other was falling from the sky this morning.  Both God's way of showing me how very much he loves me.  And I was filled with Joy.  Joy to the world.

Let Heaven and Nature sing!