Seven Years Ago Today…

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…a massive snowstorm was dumped on Long Island. Kathleen and I were unaware of it because we were in a small, windowless room, catching sleep where we could, while Kathleen labored to bring our daughter into the world.

She succeeded splendidly. It was not until some hours later that I emerged from the hospital to discover the car buried under a foot of snow. I then skidded several times on the way home on ice-slicked roads, where newly minted big sister Ariel wanted nothing except to turn right around and head back to meet her little sister. That joy would wait until the following morning.

Today her little friends and cousins are en route and we are looking forward to spending yet another birthday with little Miss Caroline. Snow is not predicted until later this evening. This time Caroline and her mommy and I will have windows through which we can watch it all together.

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14 comments on “Seven Years Ago Today…”

  4. Manymany years ago – thirty-one, next February – a friend spent *way* too long in labour with her first daughter … while outside, Atlanta got clobbered with a *major* snowstorm/ice storm.
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    And, lo, the little girl was named Elizabeth Oniewa MeNeil; a middle name meaning “Snow Spirit” in an American Indian language.
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    (And possibly even correctly spelt in a sentence by me.)

  6. December 5 is the Eve of the Feast of St Nicholas, the patron of young children. (And he is reputed to love snow.)

    Happy birthday, Miss Caroline!!

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