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emily p. freeman

Creating space for your soul to breathe so you can discern your next right thing.

we wait together

And so, they wait. They watch the sky with their dancing brown eyes and wonder when she will open up the storage house for the first time this season. They stare hard at dark trees to see if they can make out any white, even a little. They want to have a cup of cheer with Jack Frost and Farmer Brown, Rudoph and Frosty.And I remind them It might not and Sometimes the forecasts are wrong so as not to get up hopes. I think of the trouble, of the wet and the freezing and the red chapped hands. I check the cabinets to be sure we have hot chocolate. I stand behind them and squint my eyes out the windows, too. And I pull out the scarves just incase.

Filed Under: faith, family Tagged With: motherhood

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  1. Amanda says

    December 4, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    We are doing the same thing in eastern NC. . . hoping. . . and hoping. . . .

    Reply
    • Emily says

      December 4, 2010 at 10:52 AM

      We’re in the Piedmont!

      Reply
      • Amanda says

        December 4, 2010 at 12:11 PM

        Hopefully it will work out for all of us–it would be nice to get just a little! 🙂 Happy snow day (fingers crossed)!!!

        Reply
  2. June Gardens says

    December 4, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    It’s a snowy-looking sky! Says the Michigander.

    Reply
  3. kendal says

    December 4, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    same here in the foothills. we did have a little flurry this morning!

    Reply
  4. Emily in Charlotte says

    December 4, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    Girl! You know my kids are sitting in the playroom, fingers crossed….still in jammies, hoping for snow! They say they won’t get dressed unless it’s boots and scarves! Still waiting!

    Reply
  5. Craig says

    December 4, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    I LOVE SNOW

    I love snow.
    I love winter.
    I love hot cocoa.
    love snowball fights.
    I love snow.
    I love to play in the snow.
    I wish it could snow
    forever.
    But it can’t–
    And it is sad,

    wish I could take credit fot this beautiful snowpoem but…

    (author credit – Jordan Kaufmann – age 8)

    Merry Christmas All

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    • Craig says

      December 4, 2010 at 12:38 PM

      sorry left out the age of the fine young author – age 8

      Reply
  6. stacey says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:18 PM

    …and it came down, a whole lot more than I would have ever expected. I am sitting at the windows just watching wishing James was old enough to be as excited as I am and go play with me!

    Reply
  7. Elizabeth Buck says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM

    I’ll send you a couple feet of ours for free! I’m in North Dakota!

    Reply
  8. Flower Patch Farmgirl says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:44 PM

    We’re having the same sort of togetherness today. After naps we’re venturing out to get groceries *just in case* we end up snowed in. Oh, I love a good snowstorm!

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  9. Kari says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    . . . and then it does!

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  10. LLH Designs says

    December 4, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    This photo is priceless!
    Happy waiting….
    Linsey

    Reply
  11. For the Love of Naps - Sarah says

    December 4, 2010 at 3:13 PM

    You can come play here. We got a good 9 inches last night! My boys played out in it for an hour and a half and then I MADE them come in. It is such a magical time of year. I hope you were blessed with some.

    Reply
  12. amanda says

    December 4, 2010 at 5:33 PM

    So excited about the snow today! Hope you and your family are enjoying it too!

    Reply
  13. Emily@remodelingthislife says

    December 4, 2010 at 7:50 PM

    i know W-S got snow today since all my family there is facebooking about it. hope you got some too!!

    xoxo

    i want those PF boots.

    Reply
  14. Naomi says

    December 4, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    We got it today. Did you?

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  15. Pattyann says

    December 4, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    Yep, we had our first snow and are hoping for some more later this week! (because I am greedy like that!)

    Reply
  16. Living the Balanced Life says

    December 5, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    I remeber when we were homeschoolong and my kids always wanted a snow day like the other kids! I learned very qucikly we didn’t get much school done if the rest of the neighborhood kids were outside playing! So even though we didn’t have transportation issues, we still had Snow Days!
    Bernice

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