Snowed In and Enjoying It

Hello again from Georgia.  Indiana has had a lot of snow this past week.  Snow and very cold.  I remember those winters in Indiana... they can be brutal.  They are already counting the days 'till spring.  Just because it's spring on the calendar, doesn't mean the weather cooperates.    Just because the groundhog doesn't see his shadow, doesn't mean spring is just around the corner.  Once you've been snowed in for a couple of weeks, all thoughts turn to spring.. and when will it arrive.
                                       

One thing snowed-in folks have that we didn't used to have, is the internet, Facebook, Twitter and a way to keep in touch during those long cold winter days/nights.

The Remembering Lynn, Indiana FB page has grown to over 600 persons.  It's a way all those students from all those years, can get acquainted again.  When you think about it, we go to school for 12+ years with some of these folks, and then don't see them again for years.  In my mind's eye, they are still young kids.. 16 yrs old.  That's how I remember them.  Those who are on Remembering Lynn page, add pictures (I've added a lot of pictures on there also) and those 16 yr old kids are adults now... some are grandparents, and that seems impossible.  The years past that quickly.   I know many of us enjoy 'seeing' these friends again.

Even the town of Lynn doesn't look the same.  A tornado took out the old school and some of the old businesses.  Walmart came to the nearby town and now Lynn doesn't have a grocery store either.  There used to be 6+ grocery stores and many businesses there .. some of the grocery stores were small and some were fairly large.  All are gone now.  The post office is still there, and that's about it for what used to be.

Maybe it's easier to see it happen in person, step by step.  But it's "an experience" to be away and then go back to what it is now.  One year I was back there and I stood in the middle of the intersection of the small burg where I grew up, and cried.  So many good memories... all rushing at once.. . and knowing that was past.. it was history.   And I don't know where the years have gone.. I don't know how time has passed that quickly.

My advice to those starting out.. don't fret over the small stuff.. enjoy those kids (if you are lucky enough to have some around).. don't worry about spilled milk... just love them.. give them a place to grow up that is peaceful and a strong foundation.  A place they can come home to and just feel good.  For one day, they will tell you what their memories are.. and you hope they are good ones..  Now is the time to make them good ones!

All for now... another weekend coming up... I hope to make it a good one!