By now - nothing should surprise me. I've studied and learned and practiced.

I should know to expect the unexpected....to embrace and accept it all.

As it is.

It's just snow. It will melt. The sun will shine. The flowers will continue to blossom and grow. Spring will come...and it will go.

They inspire me with their strength....their resilience...their color and beauty and light.

They remind me that I can...that we all can....that we need only to hold our heads up high and persevere.

Everything happens...as it should. There's always some sort of explanation...some sort of rhythm and reason and rhyme.

It's just snow. It will melt. It does every year.