First Flakes -December 8 th - Then and Now

Boston has held a lot of firsts for me. A decade ago when I landed in Boston I had never seen actual snowfall . I was excited to see snow . After arriving in december on a cold, rather chilly day with no winter gear the freezing cold was terrifying . All my excitement about snow had melted away when the freezing cold sent chills down my whole body . I was barely able to get into a car from the airport . It was dark outside even though it was early evening . I was tired from the long plane ride . The sleet and black ice added to my disappointment .


Few hours into Boston and I had already given up thinking about the snowfall . The next day when I woke up from my jet lagged sleep schedule and looked outside my window I held my breath .There it was . A beautiful white blanket of snow all over .  Beautiful flurries of snow piling up on ground gradually . It was magical and mesmerizing . My first ever snowfall . I forgot all my feelings from a day earlier . With a cup of hot masala chai and warm blanket I sat there transfixed watching the snow.


And exactly on the same day a decade later I was again enjoying snowfall . Now in a totally different city watching the beautiful snowfall with my family . I was very far from the northeast ,now in the south in Atlanta . But a cup of hot masala chai had not left my company . Nothing is quite as serene as watching your backyard being covered in a white sheet of fresh snow. There is something just beautiful about the snowfall . It is magical to find yourself in the same place but that which looks totally different now. This is a thing of wonder and may be enchantment perhaps . Nature's beauty at its best !




LET IT SNOW
LET IT SNOW