Kind Stranger

Cody was gone last week and of course it snowed here in Colorado. Not a light dusting but actual snow. In fact the weather was classified as blizzard weather which resulted in multiple inches of snow filling my driveway. Once the snow started falling I began dreading the shoveling process ahead of me. Case and Cole had both been sick with bronchitis. No one had slept which meant I had slept even less. Where was I going to get the energy and time during daylight hours to shovel 6-8” off the driveway when no one was napping, everyone was cranky and I had no one to watch the boys in the house? After a particularly hard night I decided I had to get out of the house. We had been sequestered inside due to illness and weather for almost 4 days and I was going bonkers. I needed to get to the gym which is the only place I can leave the kids and get an hour to myself. I didn’t know if I could even get my Corolla out of the driveway with all the snow, but gosh darn it, I was going to give it a good shot. I had the garage door open and was loading up the boys when a man came driving down the street on a 4 wheeler with a snow plow attachment. He saw that I was getting ready to leave and asked if he could shovel my driveway for me. Can you?! Oh please! It only took him about 4 minutes to completely clear the driveway but his generosity almost brought me to tears. Thank you kind stranger. Thank you. Thank you. Your 4 minutes of kindness will not be forgotten anytime soon.

Everyone (except me) was excited about the snow coming down.  Look it's snowing!

Several days later we ventured out and found some large drifts in the backyard.  Case decided to tackle the largest one by walking exactly in the center of the drift.  He was unsuccessful and needed rescuing.  Help!  I have fallen and I can't get up!

Although most of the yard had too much snow for Cole to walk around in we did manage to find a worn spot surrounding the playhouse he could shuffle around.  Cole loved the snow so much and he cried so hard after we went in that I ended up getting re-dressed and going back outside for for another 5-10 minutes.