First Snow Today.
As I was teaching my last kindergarten class of the day, the children pointed out to me, with great excitement, that it was snowing. Ah, the first snow!
Even in Korea, the first snow brings a smile to the children’s faces. I remember that feeling very well, for it is one of the few childhood emotions that visit me still as an adult. Every first sight of new snow transforms me into an eight year old again- if only but for a moment.
It’s difficult to describe that feeling, but if I had to, I would say if feels like the air filling your lungs when it first starts snowing- crisp, clean, and exhilarating. When I see those first few flakes, every fiber in my body twinges at the chill. I love that feeling.
How is it that something so the archetype of death make one feel so alive?
I can’t wait to find out how Dang feels about her first snow ever!
