It is snowing here again tonight, which isn’t surprising for New England in January, I suppose.  It snows.  A lot.  And we all complain about it like it is something brand new and surprising each time it does.

But I was thinking how now that I have children who are old enough to shovel, clean off cars, and this year use the snow blower effectively, the after snow clean-up isn’t as much of a drag as it used to be.  Many hands make light work.  And even lighter work when none of those hands have to be mine.
Last time it snowed overnight my oldest son, who is 13, got up early and WITHOUT EVEN BEING ASKED went outside and cleaned off his father’s car and did the driveway so he could easily leave for work.  My husband was in the shower and had planned to shovel out the car himself like he always does.  My son didn’t even tell us he was going to go do it.

To say the my mouth fell open when I found out would be an understatement.  At first when I saw him out in the driveway at 7 in the morning I wasn’t sure what he was doing.  It was such a thoughtful gesture.
While we were drinking our coffee inside the nice warm house while our son toiled away in the snow, my husband turned to me and said, “You know, I think this makes all those years of colic worth it.”

Yes, yes it does.

Of course now we can’t help but wonder if he will get up early again tomorrow morning.