I heard last week that 49 of the 50 states had snow. How crazy is that???? Normally, I love snow. I love snow because I am a Southern woman and we don't have it very often. When we do, everything shuts down and we take a day off. It is an annual, random holiday for us Southerners. Not this year. It has become an every week ordeal and I am sick of it. The school systems are out of snow days. The road departments are out of brine. And most of us are out of patience.
I am a native Tennessean. I didn't choose to live in the South; it was thrust upon me BUT having visited the other 48 states (that currently have snow), I would choose Tennessee. One of the main reasons I choose to live in Tennessee and the reason a lot of other folks have chosen to move here is our weather. We have four seasons, each lasting three months. Yes, it is February and that is winter for us but I have had crocus to bloom in February as a little hint that spring was just around the corner. The crocus are not accustomed to being covered in snow for days on end and neither am I.
The weather forecast is predicting more snow for the coming weekend but today I saw a patch of blue sky about the size of a man's hand. These dark clouds won't be here forever. There is hope in a Southern girl's heart.
