Out of the mouths of babes Lessons can be learned...

It was already a gloomy day, as I saw more clouds heavy with rain looming just beyond the rooftops. "More rain" I murmured to myself as I shooed the puppies out the door to potty. I was a little irked that it was gonna rain again...and the puppies seemed to be finding all the mud left from the rain the night before....sigh another bath, more mud on the rug. Tabi my little girl was helping me watch the puppies, and "keeping them out of the mud"...sorta... the wind began to blow, and she got excited, and plucked up the falling leaves and buried a bird feather (to send it to the angel who dropped it). Before long the rain started coming, she was almost giddy with excitement..."Look Mommy, it's raining on me!!". She peered out from under the awning with her mouth upturned to taste the rain...and I told her not to drink water from the roof..."No telling what crud you'll be drinking!" She looked at me and smiled as she stepped out under the tree and tried again to taste the rain. "No, don't do that either, there are bugs and junk on those trees it's dirty water!" The rain started pouring a little heavier and the puppies were now jumping on my legs leaving streaks of mud with each excited jump. I looked up just in time to see my little girl in the middle of the yard reaching up to the sky drinking in the rain as it fell on her face....she suddenly started spinning and dancing in the rain singing..."Rain Rainnn stay and play with me...." I laughed and grabbed my phone and snapped off a few pictures and started dancing and playing with her and the puppies... We laughed as we washed the mud off the puppies later and dried off our hair, "I didn't need a raincoat to play did I mommy! It was the best day ever!!"
There's always time to clean and worry about how much work there is to do, but this moment had been ours, and we had danced and laughed in the rain...."Yes baby, it was the best day ever!".
No matter what pours down in your life, no matter how hard the wind blows, find the joy...and dance.

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