I remember snow<\/p>\n
Crunching under my boots<\/p>\n
Forming it carefully into a snowball,<\/p>\n
mittens become wet on my skin<\/p>\n
as I threw it as hard as I could.<\/p>\n
I remember building snow forts<\/p>\n
With little tunnels<\/p>\n
and seats too cold to sit on.<\/p>\n
I remember sledding,<\/p>\n
waxing the runners<\/p>\n
speeding expertly<\/p>\n
into my grandparents’ yard.<\/p>\n
I remember Ice skating<\/p>\n
trying to keep my ankles straight<\/p>\n
while I attempted a figure 8<\/p>\n
on the frozen tennis court.<\/p>\n
I remember snowmen<\/p>\n
built in the front yard, rolling the pieces<\/p>\n
around the yard, over and over<\/p>\n
making trails across the lawn.<\/p>\n
I remember snow,<\/p>\n
brutally pounding my skin in a blizzard<\/p>\n
when my car broke down.<\/p>\n
I remember shoveling walks laden heavy and deep<\/p>\n
Filling back up as fast as I could empty them<\/p>\n
I remember sliding through streetlights<\/p>\n
Driving into snowbanks out of control<\/p>\n
I remember snow,<\/p>\n
glistening in sunlight<\/p>\n
The softness of the snowfall in the silence of night<\/p>\n
The reflection of Christmas Lights<\/p>\n
I never miss the cold, the brutality<\/p>\n
I miss the laughter<\/p>\n
I miss the joy.<\/p>\n
I remember snow in all its forms<\/p>\n
The sound of crunching under my boots.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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