Miracles

Look at how white the snow is and how bare the branches are on this huge oak tree. It's a miracle, right? A beautiful, beautiful, miracle of WINTER. You want to hear about another miracle of winter? Girl Scout cookies. Just when you think you've almost made it to spring and everything is going to be all right, the dozen or so boxes of Thin Mints and Do-Si-Do's and Samoas get delivered right to your front door. And just look at you! Look at how helplessly you watch your pale, trembling hands rip open a box of Thin Mints. Marvel at how quickly you've torn into an entire sleeve of the weird minty chocolate crackers. Crunched them up! Gone. Gone. Gone. Phew.

Now shake the crumbs off your sweater. And be deeply grateful there wasn't a camera trained on you as you gobbled so desperately.