{"id":3382,"date":"2012-01-17T21:51:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T04:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2014-07-05T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T01:08:11","slug":"snow-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/17\/snow-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not her first snow, but perhaps the first she remembers.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"212 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6717713657\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7162\/6717713657_7d9644dff6_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"212\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She offers up snowballs as precious gifts, then tosses them up in the air like so much confetti, squealing and laughing as the snow tickles her face.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"280 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6718289699\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7020\/6718289699_a329da6fea_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"280\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd when she catches a snowflake on her glove, she blows it away, and says &#8220;make a wish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea where she got that from.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"363 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6718325329\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7172\/6718325329_cb716e02b3_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"363\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She made her first snowman<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"371 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6718308345\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7030\/6718308345_7be139d1c8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"371\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And she set about playing as though it was her most important work<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"234 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6717724137\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7004\/6717724137_5507503806_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"234\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"228 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6717720979\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7165\/6717720979_f28b962d96_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"228\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even when seasoned with whimsy.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"308 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/6717756289\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7141\/6717756289_7836e64fe5_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"308\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, she asked if Santa was going to come back, now that it snowed, so that he could have Christmas in the snow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not her first snow, but perhaps the first she remembers. 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