She got out of the car…
Slowly, watching her step to avoid the ice and puddles of
slush that were omnipresent. She pulled up her hood and adjusted her scarf to
guard against the biting wind. She gazed at the sky, resenting the washed out
blue-grey, so pale that it almost seemed to reflect the endless snow around
her.
She trudged carefully along the sheet of ice that served as
a path to the low brick building in the distance. She grumbled under her
breath, resenting those waiting in warm cars. She made it to the building as
the bell rang and was immediately engulfed in a rushing river of children
bundled in hats, scarves, gloves. Thick coats. Boots. She scanned the crowd
while bouncing lightly on the balls of her feet. It was much colder standing
still, in the path of the wind tearing around the building.
There! His bright blue eyes and tousled blond hair caught
her eye, and she rolled her eyes as she noted that he hadn’t bothered to zip up
his coat, or put on gloves or a hat. She sighed, then smiled as the boy spotter
her and ran, grinning, right into her arms, already chattering away about his
day at school.
