I AM NOT HERE

No. No, I’m not.

I’m in seventeen below zero.

Under 60-some inches of snow.

In Ugg boots and a fuzzy bathrobe, trying to stay warm.

The forecast calls for a couple more months of shivering and shoveling. And I don’t mean sand.

But someday.

Someday….

It won’t be winter anymore.

I have hope.

And a girl can dream.

by julie rybarczyk