Rainy Days and Thursdays

Dear Mom:

It has been raining here pretty steady for the past couple of days.  I’d like it more if the porch wasn’t merely a deck that allowed rain to drop straight through to where I’d like to sit and take it all in.  Still, I like when its dark and I don’t see the rain – but I catch a slight sound of it.  That’s when I turn the TV off and turn my music up (most likely from my computer) and just listen.  The thunder rumbles low today, like its just above our roof.

Storms always make me think of the old house and its huge wrap around porch; the swing in the corner, the old church pew on the other side and you, me and dad sitting in porch chairs.  Maybe some lemonade, too.  That’s the kind of porch I’m missing.  You too, of course.

Love from here to there,

mp

~ by nannymarfa on July 24, 2008.