Storm Clouds

By Lynn, on June 12th, 2007

A storm rolled in a couple of nights ago. I tried to get a picture without the flash so you could see the contrast of the dark clouds and last bits of light in the sky. I couldn’t hold the camera still enough.

It’s blurry, I know, but you can see the clouds. I was thinking of how the clouds in our lives can seem so threatening and dark. While outside, these clouds looming so close were very real, but back inside where the house was cozy and my children were playing, it was easy to forget that the clouds were even out there.

The storm ended up being not bad at all. It was just the threat that seemed so big.

Many of life’s storms are like that. Yes, some storms do turn out to be truly devastating, but usually not.

I was really fretting yesterday about money, school lessons, and everything, really. I was letting a small cloud take my joy yesterday.

Today I decided to just press on and focus on my cozy home and family! And today I had a lot of little joys. We did a lot of school work today. We watched a science video about earthquakes, goldmining and how CT scans are used for examining fossils. We did some good math review today of percentages, decimals and fractions.

I used some coupons today to get three bags of groceries for 15 dollars, including a gallon of milk for 8 cents! I paid a couple of bills today. My husband put his arms around me tonight and asked me if I was ready to start on our next 20 years together. (We are not quite to 20 yet, but close.)

My children have had so much fun playing today. I am trying to enjoy especially my youngest two, who have – for some unknown reason - dug out the wooden trains and tracks and started playing with them again. That sure brings back memories of when my third son was little and loved Thomas the Tank Engine so much that he wanted his name changed to Gordon!