It’s Raining~~~

   It’s raining ~ a gentle rain, a soothing refrain, even though I have hours of work yet to complete, I pause briefly to embrace the comforting patter, patter of the rain falling softly outside. I’ve always loved the rain. My memory is rich, recalling those days that I spent at the lake as a child, canoeing along the shoreline and watching the rain make its way across the water to me. I can sit here at my computer and still feel the freshness of those satin-like drops falling ever so softly upon my face. Then there were the evenings that I would curl up in my favorite chair on my Aunt’s porch that overlooked the lake. With only sudden streaks of lightning illuminating the dark grey surface of the water, I would gaze across the lake for hours as a summer storm scented the air, and whispers in the wind carried my untold hopes and dreams into the night sky.  After the rain, a chorus of bullfrogs serenaded me to sleep, and many a morning my Aunt scolded me for sleeping on the porch and not going to bed like a “proper young lady.” (New England ethics, you understand 🙂 But the scolding never dampened my spirits for I would be out bright and early to pick the wild berries that grew on the mountainside along the logging trail to my Aunt’s cabin. Most of the time she would forgive me and my “Huckleberry Finn” ways because I always returned with a full bucket of berries for her jams and pies. Something that my brother and my cousins refused to do. She was a traditional New England lady and often would take first prize in the county fair with her home-baked goods. She always set an elegant table whether it was for a family dinner or for guests. In many ways, I admired her a great deal. I also remember evenings, not so long ago, when I danced in the rain and…  But, then that’s another story~  *smile*

I hope there are moments in your life when you pause to embrace that which comforts you~