Frigid Roots

It is SO COLD in Minnesota today. Why do we live here, I ask myself? We could have stayed in sunny, warm, predictable California where we had settled for thirteen years of our lives. But no, we opted to return to our frigid roots. I'll always remember the look on peoples' faces back in 1992 when we announced our decision to return "back east." Shock, disbelief, wonder at such folly. "Why? There's snow back there!" It was hard to explain to them that we had icicles in our blood, snowmen in our hearts, SEASONS in our DNA and most importantly, we had FAMILY in Minnesota. No amount of warm air and sunshine can replace FAMILY. We had celebrated so many holidays without them, missed them so dearly; we WANTED to come back to the cold! And so here we are...complaining like the rest, but unwilling to trade our family and friends in for warmer weather.

Stay warm!