Monday, February 2, 2015

A Winter's Inconvenience


Here's the view outside the living room window this morning.

We received well over a foot of snow since yesterday morning. It came down silent and thick, covering everything. The winter sun this afternoon, against a brilliant blue sky is a gorgeous accent.

Of course, I wasn't thinking of this when I first walked out my side door to shovel it. In fact, it was shocking to see how much had fallen overnight.

I wasn't looking forward to the task of clearing the snow from my driveway - the portion that's closest to the side door and house had formed a convenient alley for the wind to do its work of forming drifts.

Slowly after working through the hardest part and getting closer to the sidewalk and street beyond came the payoff. And it wasn't the payoff I had expected.

Two houses down a neighbor was taking photos of the snow, while another neighbor across the street tried to pull out his car and drive his wife somewhere. After a moment of watching tires spinning I began to walk towards his car to offer a push. But he gave up and drove back into the driveway.

His wife went back inside their home, but he got out of the car, thanked me and engaged the neighbor in conversation. Eventually, I also added a nod or a word. And a winter's inconvenience became an opportunity to encourage the growth of community on our street.

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