It felt like rain when I found good airline tickets and wanted to snatch them up, but Jon insisted that we reconsider whether or not we can afford the trip.
It felt like rain when I dropped the car off to get the winter tires taken off, spent two hours walking around the mall with a very tired (but not sleeping) Laurel, only to return to the tire store to have them tell me they didn't put the summer tires on because they were too worn. These are the same summer tires that they returned to us last fall, telling us we could get one more season out of them. It felt like rain to realize we need to buy new tires.
It felt like rain when we went to get homeowner's insurance, only to be told that we'd have to rewire our house in order to be insured.
It felt like rain when I figured out a budget for our upcoming house renovations, only to have Jon remind me of a large list of things I hadn't accounted for.
It felt like rain when they announced on the radio this morning that the U2 concert in Edmonton, for which we have tickets and Jon's whole family is coming into town, has been cancelled.
It felt like rain. But the parade will keep on marching.
Because we're leaving next Monday for two weeks of camping, biking, traveling, swimming, and sun (I hope).
Because we've got this great little house we just bought--ugly linoleum and all!
Because Laurel is going to be 1 in a few short weeks, so I've got a party to plan (that is, if our family is still coming to Edmonton now that the concert is cancelled).
Because the days are long, the sun is starting to feel warm again, our hammock is hanging in the back yard.
Because, as our niece Kait says on her facebook page: "Whoever said happiness is sunshine hasn't danced in the rain."
We're choosing to dance as the parade marches on!
3 comments:
Dance, Dance and Dance some more. Grace abounds.
what a great reflection, julianne! the rain can taste as sweet as the sunshine is warm...
Really enjoyed this post. Great reminder after feeling a little blue after returning from a great trip with lots of family and fun. There is a lot to dance about even if we did return to cold, rainy weather.
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