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More rain today. I like the sound of the rain. I like thunder and lightning, also. When the kids were little and it started to thunder, I would wrap them up in a blanket and we would go sit on the front step. The reason I did that was so they wouldn't be afraid of the thunder. We would sit there and get rained on and it was OK. The blanket was a comfort to them and my talking would reassure them that it was all right. None of them are afraid of the thunder now. We would sit there for a few minutes until we were soaked through. It was a good experience for me.

My end of the world is very green right now. It is quite a switch from the norm. This is considered desert country. It doesn't look much like desert, The grass is so green and the trees have more leaves on them this year than what I ever remember in the past. I'm content.

We have two activities to attend today. Both of them are outside picnics. I guess we'll see whether they are moved indoors or are we brave enough to enjoy them in spite of the rain. While living in Vancouver, WA, we learned for ourselves that if you didn't go out and have a great weekend in spite of the rain, that you would never go out and have a great weekend. I remember many, many times we were boating in the rain. In the two years that we lived there, I heard it thunder only two times, so we were never anxious at all about boating in the rain. You just bundled up differently. It was great.

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