I love standing in the rain during a monsoon rain. It is like someone is taking a bathtub of water and dumping it on your head...continuously. I don't try to stay dry during these storms, usually the child within me escapes and I enjoy running around and getting wet for a few minutes. You don't try to stay dry in weather like that. You enjoy it while it lasts (Arizona has over 300 sunny days a year - that is completely sunny, not a cloud in the sunny sky. It helps one appreciate the rain and especially a good storm.)
There are a lot of storms in one's life. The most thought of but probably least common (at least in Arizona) is the weather type. There are other types - storms in relationships, families, work, personally, etc. Lately our family is enduring another not often talked about and probably not even noticed by most -a storm of blessings. In the last few months we have had a child go "into remission" from a disease that causes tumors, a great promotion for my husband (and a raise!), money sent from family we were not expecting, the opportunity to spend a few weeks visiting most of our extended family, a great vacation, a new king size bed, an opportunity for me to have a temporary job and still be able to be at home most of that time, opportunity to see one of our siblings get married, cars that are older than our children continue to run well, a brand new sectional couch that is large enough for our eight person family given to us, twins currently potty training, and I am sure the list goes on. There have been a few times in my life where I have experienced the "window of heaven open and pour out a blessing so great there is not room enough to receive it". This is one of those times. I am indeed grateful and appreciate that this is not suppose to be the normal flow of life, but rather an occasional burst of joy and blessings. I appreciate such a wonderful outpouring for our family. We truly feel like we have been blessed a hundred fold of anything we could have possibly done.
In monsoon rains you don't stay dry, but that is ok. Rain is good for many things, especially for getting you wet. I like being soaked and I am.
