The Ice Truck

The past few days have been real scorchers.  Today is beautiful.  Sun is out, high around 84 degrees.  It is the kind of day you want to leave the office for anywhere outside.

Earlier in the day I dropped Rayann at the airport for her trip to Roatan.  On my way back to church I got behind a large truck.  I am an inquisitive kind of guy.  What are they carrying?  Turns out the truck was filled with bags of ice-melt.  The kind of stuff my friends up north are very familiar with.  I purchase about a dozen bags at the beginning of the fall/winter season and hope that it will be enough to get me through the winter.

It was all I could do to stop from laughing.  Beautiful sunny day, high near 90 and here is the reminder…winter is just around the corner.

Seasons Change quickly

Seasons can change quickly.  We are familiar with, and therefore somewhat prepared for, the changes from spring to summer to fall to winter and back to spring.  There has been a pattern and we have grown accustomed to the changes.  Sometimes we may spend a little more (or less) time in a particular season, but we recognize and are comfortable with the pattern.

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