Thursday; September 13
If you live
in most of the rest of the county you may have heard about Hurricane Florence,
but those of us along the Eastern Seaboard are already well acquainted with
her. After several days of cloudy, rainy weather we are watching the
storm’s development and trying to plan accordingly. Jeane and I seem to
be out of the main track of the storm, but we had some travel plans that were
taking us into the path of the hurricane so we have been watching that aspect
of its impact.
Now, the reason for this observation isn’t really about the storm – it is about
sunshine. Yesterday afternoon I walked outside and the sun was
shining. There was a bright blue sky – and I almost missed it! I
have been so focused on lamenting the cloudiness and preparing for the worst that
I just about forgot to bask in the glow of a beautiful sunny moment.
Sure, it has been dismal and the forecast is for more of the same, but for that
moment it was lovely!
Do we ever miss out on the good …