Take that, Old Man Winter!

5 Ways to Fight the Winter Blahs


1.  Have portraits taken of your lovely children.

This was taken by the amazing Gayle Driver of Gayle Driver Photography.  She is terrific to work with and has a great studio in her home.  Also.... she's very, very patient.

Caleb (16 months) tried his darndest to crawl out of every shot.

Gayle persevered and clicked fast and we ended up with a portrait we're very happy with.

2.  Include every member of the family in putting up the Christmas tree.

3.  Commemorate your wintry tenth anniversary with an outdoor portrait shoot.

In the snow.  When it's 30 degrees and windy.

Don't let winter keep you down!

Did I mention Gayle will travel to the location of your choice?  And she's flexible--if you have a shoot scheduled for the next day and realize that it's supposed to be zero degrees then, she'll switch it last minute.  

3.  Have a dance party.

First, figure out how to get on top of the coffee table when you can barely walk on the ground without falling down.

Then dance, baby, dance!

Let your siblings cheer you on!

Until--

you veer too close to the edge just as Mommy's snapping the picture.  Notice Jeddy's eyes bulging out of his head.  We all gasped and lunged.  Notice the oblivious delight on Caleb's face.*

4.  Visit the library and settle in with a good book.

5.  Rejoice when winter starts to recede and the wavering faith you had in those dead-looking bulbs becomes sight.

  

The last of the sled trail.  This had been a monstrous jump.  Goodbye, snow.

Take heart, believer.  The God who sustains you through the winters of your soul is even now causing daffodils to grow unseen.  On that day when the clouds are rolled up, they will burst forth into glorious bloom.  Their fragrance will be all the sweeter from this time of quietly soaking in life-giving water from your crushing burden of snow.  

Springtime is but a tiny foretaste of faith made sight.  

"We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."  -1 Corinthians 4:18

*No children were harmed in the making of this post.  They harm themselves enough without this blog's help.