According to the weather forecast, by tomorrow we will begin to have our highs above freezing. Earlier in the week, it predicted Friday's temp at 32 degrees and now it is predicting a high of 41 with a high mostly in the 30s for the next 10 days! We can all sure use some warm weather.
I saw an interview on tv the other day, where a reporter was interviewing a boy of about 8-10 years old. She commented on his red ears and he said he couldn't even feel them. I couldn't believe that no one immediately put something over his ears!!!
When I was a young kid, I remember one particular winter that we had a blizzard. It was very cold and I don't know if this was that same "cold snap" where the temperatures dropped about 30 degrees within minutes and our cats that weren't in shelter froze in their tracks.
On this day, the sheep had disappeared during the blizzard and Uncle Pete had gone to find them. When he didn't come back, my Dad took the pickup and went to look for him. Dad went down the road and was going up the road on the other side of the field when the pickup stalled. He walked back to the house, which was about 1/2 mile. His ears froze on the way to the house. He was in such pain that day. One of his ears was enormously swollen. Later when I heard the term "cauliflower ear", I recognized it to be his condition. Eventually, he lost all hearing in that ear. He had wore a cap with flaps, but that was not enough.
Uncle came back. The sheep had drifted down the bottom of the valley, where the creek ran, and into the neighbors.
Whether you got little ears, like a kid, or are an adult, frigid weather will freeze all that is not protected. I pray that the Lord comes back soon and makes the world right so that there will be no hurting or freezing cold child.
As kids, we walked the 1/2 mile to school. I remember on so many occasions having frostbitten hands with white blotches on them and how they stung when they were warmed up. Bundle up your children - winter has no mercy. God be with us.
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