This whole past week I have clicked on my Weather app or checked the weather website every day. Several times a day.
And then some.
We had our family Easter hootenanny planned for today, and so the weather watching was part checking, part praying, and part trying to use sheer WILL to bring good weather into being.
The chances of rain for today have been as high as 80% and as low as 20% for a few short hours this week. We were real worried about a rain out.
Rain and things like wienie roasts and egg hunts don’t exactly mix too well.
When the percentage dropped down to 20% by Tuesday evening, I could see that downward trend wiping the rain all the way off the map by Saturday. I sent a celebratory message with a picture of the forecast to the Gracious one who was hosting the whole event.
Yep, called it a win way too early. The percentage went way back up and then down and then back up. It’s been a roller coaster this week. Last night it was still looking really iffy.
Such that I waited until after 9 p.m. to make the potato salad. You can’t freeze that stuff, y’all.
I woke up this morning, a day that, as of last night still had 45% chance of rain around lunch with the percentage getting higher by afternoon, and my room was brighter than I expected it to be. I went to the windows, and the sky was blue with white puffy clouds and bright sunlight streamed down from above.
I felt like I was in an alternate universe or something. This was TOTALLY UNEXPECTED and definitely not predicted.
And the whole day was just like that.
BEAUTIFUL.
Maybe it’s just me, and if you don’t do this, that’s okay–better than okay, it’s great. That whole preparing for the worst, and then it turns out no worrying was necessary after all–
yeah. Where. I. Live.
Today was such a gift, a gift wrapped up with a bow of sunshine and good people and hugs and laughter and great food and time together with folks who knew me when and know me now and have my bail money and I have theirs (looking at you, girl–love you) and children running around proving they can look and find things…..
I am thankful.
And it soothed the soul of this Eeyore spirit, who figured that yeah, rain, that sounded about right. We’d have to change all the plans and “make do,” and then the worst didn’t happen. In fact, the best did.
I’m not even sure what to do with that. I’m still beaming, and my mind and heart are still reeling from the shock and surprise of sunshine today. And all of the wonderful things.
Or maybe the reeling is from the pollen. It is springtime in Georgia after all.
May your heart be surprised with something fabulous that you never expected today.
Love to all.
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