April Snow

Today is Wednesday, April 11. I was up later than expected last night making some last-minute adjustments to a paper due today ("Alcohol Abuse and Dependence: A Clinical Overview and Christian Appraisal") and either neglected to set my alarm last night or simply didn't hear it this morning. Either way, I woke up, glanced at my clock, and saw the numbers 8:10 staring back at me. My first class of the day begins at 8:15. I jumped up, started the shower, and resigned to the fact that I was going to be significantly late to class. It really was a shame since my attendance this semester is unparalleled in my academic history, but at least my first class wasn't the one where the paper was due.

I'd heard rumors on the news last night that we could get a little snow today. I assumed maybe a flurry here and there, nothing to raise a fuss about, even if it was approaching mid-April. Well, I looked out the window, and it was as if I was back in January. Visions of wondering if my car would start, sliding all over the road, scrambling into a parking place all came to mind. At 8:22, my phone rang. Interesting. It was a classmate, calling to tell me that my morning class, the one I was already late for, was cancelled. What a moment of joy and glee. I finished getting ready, grabbed the coffee and a book, and settled in to read while I watched the snow continue to fall.

I am now at school, ready to turn in my paper in an hour. When I walked out to my car, I did find about 3 inches piled up, and I lamented as I thought about my dear wife getting up at that ghastly time she does each day, trucking off to teach the little children. The snow continues to fall, a wonderfully wet snow. The only question I was left with was, "If April showers bring May flowers," what on earth comes in May when you have April snow? Something to ponder.