Today there was rain. In the desert.
And there were peanut buttered jelly sandwiches. And boiled eggs. And itty bitty cartons of orange juice with itty bitty orange straws.
There were homemade Valentines. Toes warmed by the fire. Hiccups.
A blue balloon. Jumping jacks. Homemade bread cooling on a wire rack.
Cinnamon tea. Clean sheets. And–oh yeah–a speeding ticket.
All the while, the pitter patter. The gentle song of it–the soundtrack of one February day.
Like a pulse it hums along: a soft and welcome patter.
I listen as it falls. I watch the drip. I breathe in its crisp folds.
I snuggle him. Brush her teeth. Give welcome home hugs and goodnight kisses.
Tomorrow the sun will peek through. The desert will dry out.
But today there was rain. In the desert.
And in our own way, we danced right along.
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Sounds to me like a perfect day.
Well, except for the speeding ticket. That part sucks.
We did homemade Valentines today too – and PB&J. :)
Ouch on the speeding ticket! Was it you, or Jeff (again)? Ahem.
Reading this very nicely written post made me wish for the umpteenth time that you were just a few houses over. Miss you my friend.
What a lovely day you described. :) I’d like to do valentines. I don’t have the supplies. Because I can’t get out of my house. Because there are three feet of snow. And also because I wonder if the Michaels is even open. Or any other store for that matter.
Almost made me miss the rain.Almost.
(We lived on the coast of washington state, where it rained too much and now live on the eastern side of the state, where this is hardly any.)
We have been getting lots of rain too.
I stayed up until about 1am Monday night making valentine’s for Tuesday’s party at playgroup. I think I kept putting it off because I knew Adam wouldn’t know the difference if he had any or not. But as I was getting ready for bed I remembered again amd couldn’t let him be the only one without valentine’s to distribute. Turns out we were the only ones with handmade valentine’s.
A speeding ticket?
Brings back fond memories of times past!
I would gladly take your rain day over our multiple snow days. We’ve already had our winter break. Two, maybe 3 days is good but we’re on day 7…
sounds like a good day to me :-) I LOVE this post by the way – you’re such a great writer!
Are you sure you don’t want to just come and teach my English classes for me? ‘Cause I’m pretty sure you could teach those freshmen a thing or two about writing. Beautifully. Anyway, sorry for the ticket, but yay for the rain!
Gorgeous.
Steph
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Beautiful…
Beautiful – sounds like a great place to be on a rainy day!
Oh, I so hope the rain comes back. Actually, I kind of hope the snow makes an appearance too this winter – for a day or two. I’m not ready for the warmth just yet.