Snow and Relationships
After my plan to keep up with my blog better this year, we had the winter storms show up. Who knew that I wouldn’t be able to get back to my computer after that last blog for almost a week? Not that I really want to complain, since we only lost cable and many around our town, including our neighbors across the street, lost their electricity. Families were huddled together in whichever house did have electricity, community buildings and churches opened up for people to wait out the storm, and some bought a generator to convert at least part of the house into liveable space. We’ve just started to get things back on track and another snowstorm has hit our town. Not as much ice this time but driving home this afternoon, I passed five fender-benders from slippery roads.
I did write, while the cable/Internet connection was down. I finished my new proposal and had it ready to go to the PO as soon as the roads were clear enough. I started revising pages for another idea and went to a neighboring town to meet with a critique partner. The weather may have slowed us down, shut down some businesses, but our brains and relationships with others continued.
That’s why I write. To share that enormous spirit of life that is within each person. I love discovering what draws two people together. . . and what keeps them together. Are there certain odds or circumstances that are too much for them? How do they handle adversity? The last snowstorm was an adventure for us. We didn’t have outside family to connect with so we stayed inside, built a fire, played cards, read, reconnected with each other. We did have some friends show up to use our showers once the roads were passable and we enjoyed visiting over dinner.
What draws you to a book? Do you like to root for the characters or are you more interested in the plot? Whatever you choose, I hope you stay safe with whatever weather you experience!
