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       So now that I’ve complained about winter, it’s time to share the Joys of this season. As a rule, I would take summer over winter any day, simple because summer is much warmer than winter. But there are definite parts of winter that I do enjoy.

    One of those is playing in the snow. As I child I enjoyed playing in the snow, and we have pictures of my sister and I playing in the snow and having fun. However, as I got older I enjoyed it less and less, because playing in the snow meant that I would ultimately end up wet and cold, and I don’t like being cold. (Did I mention I prefer summer to winter)! But now that I am a mother, and my boys have discovered the joys of playing in the snow, I am enjoying it again. I even helped them make a small snowman on Monday (my new Avatar)! They had a blast, and they loved seeing the snowman take shape, and trying to find objects to use for it’s face. In the end we would up having to use leftover vegetables from the night before (squished peas for the eyes, a carrot for the nose, and green beans for the mouth), but hey it worked! And once we added a dried leaf for hair, some smaller leaves for buttons, and twigs for the arms, we stood back, looked at our masterpiece, and were quite satisfied. (And I was pretty proud of our ingenuity of using leftover vegetables, when we couldn’t find anything else)!!

    Another joy is looking at the winter wonderland that cities and towns become after a snowfall. If you keep your gaze away from the sandy brown snow and on the streets (if you’re lucky enough to have had your street sanded) and look at everything above street level, it is truly a beautiful sight.  There’s something about it that’s very calming to me. And really I don’t even mind the sandy brown snow in the streets, as long as the bushes and rooftops remain seemingly untarnished!

    There’s also joy in knowing that the cold and snow of Winter will only last so long, and will then be followed by the return of the birds, and flowers, and all those creatures that hibernate for the Winter, and the rebirth of the Earth.

    Of course, winter means that there are a lot less pesky insects flying and crawling around, which is definitely a joy of the season! (Of course they return after winter with the rebirth of the earth, but hey… at least we have a while without them, right?)

    And finally, what is probably the biggest joy of winter for me, is watching the wonder on my boys’ faces as they watch the snow falling, and turning everything white, and seeing their joy and hearing their laughter as they play in the snow, or as they stand at the window while my husband clears the snow, and suddenly jump in happy surprise as snow from the snow thrower hits the window.

    These are truly the joys of winter for me. What are some of your joys?