Rains Have Different Personalities Too
Reciprocal Prompt for the last week of January
The Reciprocal prompt for this week is —
Rain sustains our lives
Rain, rain, go away…come again another day…
That’s what this current rain in north Texas has been like. When it’s been raining. The last two days have been so cold the rain has turned to sleet instead. And I am locked inside the house, camped out with a space heater by my feet keeping me toasty, writing this instead of traveling the slick, icy roads to meet a friend for lunch.
The winter rains I don’t like. The ones that roll in for several days and smother us in the dark, dreariness where I don’t see the sun’s shining face for days on end. This type of rain dampens my spirits, along with the earth that so vitally needs it’s sustaining moisture.
I don’t grumble about the rain (too much) because when it doesn’t rain, when the earth is parched and the cracks in the ground are several inches wide in places, then I’m not happy either. Along with others. We don’t like drought either. We don’t like the days of water rationing, saving bathwater in buckets to water our plants with, or the days of restricted water usage.
