But we shouldn't take for granted the few consistencies that managed to stay present in our lives. The little things that have been able to make us smile since we were young; hot fudge on top of ice cream, a summer vacation spot or the giddiness leading up to Christmas.
One thing in my life that has never changed is my best friend and her excitement over the first snow fall of the season. Most people get less excited over snow as they get older, especially in the Northeast. But she has never lost her enthusiasm.
Since we first met in middle school, she’d greet me with the words “Happy Snowy Monday (or whatever the day was in late October when she spotted the first flurry)!
The same stay trued in high school. She’d whisper it across a classroom or wait for me in the hall between classes. “Happy Snowy Tuesday!”
In college she’d call me in Philly to let me know it had flurried in Scranton. “Happy Snowy Wednesday!”
Whether she realizes it or not, she is the person who has always reminded me to take pleasure in the small things. It brings me great joy to know that something so small can still make her so happy. It brings me an even greater joy that she still thinks to share her excitement with me after all these years. She is one of the constants in my life. And the first snow fall will always be one of the constants of our friendship.
This afternoon it snowed, just a little, and sure enough I got a text.
Happy Snowy Thursday!
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