Storm Nemo

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blizzards, postaday2013, snow, storms, winter storms

Tonight we are, according to the weather people, going to get an avalanche of snow here in the Northeast. Batten down the hatches everybody. My baby boy actually came to me in shock over the fact that the authorities determined that anyone caught driving on the roads after 4 p.m would bet arrested and a 500 dollar fine. That is how dangerous the conditions might get out there in Mother Nature land.

Here we are all cuddly with a fire going and some good shows on the t.v. The only thing that could be very bad would be a power outage. Tomorrow the temperatures are going south towards the single digits so I am crossing my fingers that we keep the power.

I don’t know why they choose Nemo as the name of this storm. Captain Nemo was the antagonist in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea but I would have thought the name Nemo more apropos to a tropical storm, not a blizzard. I guess at this point, it doesn’t really matter what name they give this huge storm. It will be interesting to see just how many inches we will be forced to dig our way out of tomorrow.

The three most important years

Think of three important years in your life — not including the year you were born. Why are these 3 separate years so important? What happened, and where were you?

The three years that were very important in my life were 1990, the year I was married, 1991, the year I gave birth to my son and 1994, the year I gave birth to my daughter.

The year that I was married changed my life because that year was when I agreed to share the rest of my life with one other person, my husband. That is a most significant life changing step because you are no longer allowed to live your life solely on your own terms, you have someone else to think about and consider, if you want your marriage to succeed that is, it is a daily commitment, make no mistake about it.

The same is to be said about parenthood. The day that you decide to bring a child into this world, your freedom as you knew is gone forever. It isn't only in terms of your physical freedom, the ability to get up and go whenever you want, but also your emotional freedom, your heart is forever altered by the existence of that little person that is your child. They have your heart on a chain and the chain is forged of the strongest thing in the universe and you can't escape it. At least that is how it feels to me.

Three years that made a difference, there have been others, but these three years and the events that defined those years have also defined me as a person and that is what makes them so significant.