Be Like Leia (the Berne)

Good Saturday morning everyone! The sun is out and hopefully will thaw out the Midwest in the next few days. We had ice and snow the last 3 days, not anywhere near what Boston had but more than enough to shut us inside the house.

I have told myself to go out, brave the cold, and take pictures of the snowy landscape all around me. Winter brings about a different kind of beauty for me, particularly how the sunrise gives different hues each winter morning or how the barren trees cast a stark foreground to a beautiful blue sky.

This is what I see each day as I work and look out my window at home.

I never got around to doing it this week because let us face it – it is cold outside. I like my cocoon. I like my warmth even if I have acclimated to the cold winters for the last twenty years. An island girl always long for the call of the ocean wherever she is.

I did get to enjoying the snow before the day ended yesterday. Well, to be honest, my boys (for no matter how old they get, they will always be my boys) guilted me into going out. I spent an hour playing with them and the dogs (my girls) in the backyard. I know their goal – tackle momma in the snow. Every year. Every time. I do not really mind but of course, I do not tell them that. We know it and they know it.

Our mini bernedoodle, Leia, also discovered her mountain dog side! It was fun to see her rolling around in the snow, but it was a chore to get her dry. Our pandemic puppy is afraid of missing out and has separation anxiety. Two traits I hear are common with pandemic puppies, because we have been by their side the last two years.

Leia enjoying the snow and bolting to our neighbor to say Hi while I’m screaming for the boys to get her.

Now that I have written down my thoughts about yesterday, I am not sure why I am sharing the mundane with you. Maybe because remarkable things come in small packages especially time with family. More than anything.

So, as we bookend the week, I hope you enjoy today and tomorrow with the ones you love near or far. Enjoy the gift of time given today. Smile and see the treasure in front of you.

Be like Leia and not miss out on today.