Snow days...

It's been a long time since we've been socked in for a true Maine snow day... and here we sit today, watching the snow swirl and listen to the wind howl around us.  I remember growing up and having to deal with these wicked storms - and frankly - I don't remember them being much fun back then.  But today, while my husband plowed and played with the snow blower... I watched friends all over the East coast playing in the snow just like we were.    So different than when we grew up - where frankly all you felt was totally isolated.

I wanted to get so many things accomplished today - but didn't managed to get anything accomplished.  Maybe had I been a bit more isolated I might have accomplished more.  But honestly - what I did accomplish - made me realize how lucky I am by not being isolated.  I was posting photographs of items donated for a friends benefit raffle.  Items donated by friends that are mostly 'virtual' friends - not people I have even met in person.  Yet these 'virtual friends' make me fee so much more connected than some of the friends I have locally. 

It makes me so humble knowing people in a similar circle can come together for a person - someone that some folks do not even know - to help make an other's pain less painful.  Sharing hope, faith and love virtually can be so much more powerful than some could even imagine.  I'm so amazed that I have friends so willing to jump in and help.  With just a simple request - help has landed in my mailbox on a regular basis, and I am truly humbled.

So while I sit here and manage to not accomplish much... I can just reflect that while personal deeds did not get accomplished - love, hope and faith was shared by friends all over the country in bucket loads!  It has truly been an amazing day!