The snow's here!

Today is a good day. Outside the snow is falling and sitting in the library in campus ministry sipping my tea, I feel pretty happy. Today PC canceled all classes, I got to sleep in and just now, as it approaches 3 o'clock, I'm getting settled in to work on some homework. Watching the snow fall wet and cold from the sky I am reminded of my childhood. Running around outside in my snowsuit, laughing and catching snowflakes on my tongue, sledding and making snow angels with my sisters. I look back fondly on the events of my younger years and half of me wishes I could go back to the good old days. The days of no homework, more sleep and just being carefree. But, as much as I would enjoy sleeping and having no big responsibilities, I wouldn't trade in what I have now for any of that. I used to look forward to the future in fear and wish I could stay a child forever. Now I see the folly of my childish wishes. I love my college life. It wouldn't be complete without the long nights of homework, and little sleep. But my friends and I still find ways to act like children again. Whether it's throwing food at each other at dinner, telling silly jokes or watching disney movies and singing along with all the songs, we find a way to release the child in us. The life I lead now is nothing like what it envisioned it would be, but I absolutely love it! Sometimes we find that God's plans for us are ten million times better than our wildest dreams. Sitting here in campus ministry, like I do so many times a week, I find that my reality is better than my dreams, perhaps that's why I don't sleep anymore. . .