It was fun while it lasted - but alas, our perfect snow is all gone. One of my most fulfilling moments of this snowy day was playing with Darby in the front yard, making our snowmen inspired by Calvin and Hobbes. Darby pauses and talks about how our yard reminds her of Robert Frost's "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening." Our eclectic inspiration of a cartoon character's snowmen was interrupted by the deep thoughts of an eleven year old girl who appreciates poetry and sees her world in the poetry she has read. Sometimes I wonder what she is thinking, and this reminds me that she is remembering literature and poetry she has read. Darby's gift for memorization has been apparent since she was one year old, and I am thrilled that she has kept a lot of good stuff in her head.
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