Monday Morning Wake-Up Call (repost)

Reading my Reader like a good granny this morning, I came upon David’s post, Monday Morning Wake-Up Call. These posts always “get” me in one way or another. 

Today’s post gave beautiful words to those flashes of feelings we acknowledge but don’t explain — to myself or others. Not like this.

I think it’s time to sit down now and then and actually explain what it is about rain or evenings or kids laughter or whatever that make me feel good. PUT YOUR FEELINGS INTO WORDS!

Live & Learn, David Kanigan

Monday Morning Wake-Up Call

“I loved the rain as a child. I loved the sound of it on the leaves of trees and roofs and window panes and umbrellas and the feel of it on my face and bare legs. I loved the hiss of rubber tires on rainy streets and the flip-flop of windshield wipers. I loved the smell of wet grass and raincoats and the shaggy coats of dogs. A rainy day was a special day for me in a sense that no other kind of day was–a day when the ordinariness of things . ………..(more)