Summer Loves: Flash Thunderstorms

~ Barbara

I love the flash storms of summer, sudden and loud:

  • The anticipation when skies darken and become thick with gray clouds.
  • Watching slow drips fall faster and faster, developing into torrents of rain.
  • The awe of remarkable, sudden flashes of lightning.
  • Loud claps of thunder that make me jump.
  • The cozy feeling of being indoors, safe and protected.
  • The clean air that follows and the sparkle of drops left behind.
  • Seeing the sun break through, as if asking, “Did you miss me?”

How about you? Are the summer storms something you welcome? Or dread?

BTW, your responses to ice cream favorites offered two contenders that challenge my coconut/chocolate-covered almonds ice cream: black raspberry chocolate chip and salted caramel truffle. And then there was my friend who stayed with vanilla but dropped it in a 7-11 Slurpee! Hmm.

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My passion is to encourage women wherever they are on their life journey. In everything I write and in every opportunity to speak, my goal is to offer hope. May the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV

4 thoughts on “Summer Loves: Flash Thunderstorms”

  1. Yes! Those summer T storms are still exciting. On the other hand, we don’t go out, looking up to see if there’s any “rotation.” A bit of common sense is in order here Marc & Faith

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      1. Think we told you though that we did kinda outrun a tornado in 1971 in Indiana. Marc knew how tornadoes travel and he went in the opposite direction. We were married for a week and a day and my thoughts were, “he said he loved me, so I’m going to trust him.” When we were a good distance away, we parked in a barnyard and watched the horizontal rain. I married a tenacious man. 😀

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