{"id":181,"date":"2014-02-11T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.243.23.127:8081\/2014\/02\/11\/snow-snow-snow\/"},"modified":"2014-02-11T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T19:51:00","slug":"snow-snow-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peggywbarnes.com\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Snow, Snow, Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h2LwWeeCfpI\/Uvp7REzUukI\/AAAAAAAABH4\/2jt6sqQZ2Ls\/s1600\/photo+(21).JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h2LwWeeCfpI\/Uvp7REzUukI\/AAAAAAAABH4\/2jt6sqQZ2Ls\/s1600\/photo+(21).JPG\" height=\"320\" width=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It is snowing here, in Eastern NC. &nbsp;For many of you reading this snow is no big deal, however, here in Eastern NC, it is a very big deal. &nbsp;When we get snow, it shuts us down. &nbsp;Schools close, roads and bridges close, businesses close and we come to a screeching halt! &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This kind of weather makes me think about so many things:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">1. &nbsp;How thankful I am to have a warm home<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">2. &nbsp;How much I miss having my children home to play outside and come in to warm by the fire and drink hot chocolate when they were ready for a break.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">3. &nbsp;How magical a world can look dressed in white.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">4. &nbsp;How each snowflake is only one but as a group it can create quite the scene (hmmm, a lesson in there somewhere)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">5. &nbsp;How sometimes I just need to stop&#8230;..stop and be thankful for what I have. &nbsp;Stop and be in the moment and not thinking about all I have to do. 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