Since Friday afternoon, we have been getting pelted with ice and slush. Now this evening, the mixed precipitation has turned into snow with high winds, putting us under a Blizzard Warning until 6 am tomorrow (Sunday) morning.At around 6:30 this evening, the lights went out. We got out the flashlights, lit candles, played games on the living room floor, and built towers with blocks. While it seemed inconvenient to be without electricity (which meant no TV or Internet to check weather and no lights in which to play our games), it kept us huddled close together around the candlelight.
Perhaps families were closer in pre-electricity days because the lack of light kept them physically closer, which kept them interacting more. While we are glad the electricity is back on (it was only out for an hour), LeAnn and I couldn't help but think how nice it was for that hour to have all of us together in one room. Even though we have a scheduled family night every Monday which keeps us interacting together as a whole family for an entire evening, tonight helped us see that family is not to be a once a week thing, but rather something God has given us.
So if you don't mind, I'm going to end this post and go read to my children...
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