Heart Snow Full

I find myself writing this blog post with a full heart. Over the weekend I was able to spend some time with a former youth minister and his lovely wife, Lena who is from South Africa. Her sister and children came and visited for a few weeks and I was blessed with opportunity to meet them last night and today. I came back into Boone yesterday after a girls trip to Greensboro to see Jason Aldean and received a call asking if I was free that evening to babysit. I love kids and was thrilled to help a family that I love dearly. I drove to banner elk to meet them just in time for the snow to begin to fall. Having lived in South Africa their whole lives, the kiddos had never seen snow! I quickly scrambled around the house scraping up every piece of clothing that might possibly fit them and bundled them up and hurried them out to view this spectacle. Seeing the joy on their little faces was worth hanging out in the freezing temps. I finally coaxed them into bed around midnight only to find them hovered around the couch at 7am ready to go again. By that time there was still enough snow to sled and play so we headed back into the arctic. We played for a few hours while the snow was melting but they had a blast. When you're surrounded by happiness it's hard not to find yourself filled with it as well. I got so much pleasure just watching their little faces marvel at the beauty of it all. I feel lucky to have shared in this incredible memory of their first snow.