Like so many summer days here in New England, our day started with sunshine and bright blue skies. But rather quickly, about 1 o’clock, the skies grew dark, the wind picked up and we had drenching rains. For about ten minutes! Then the sun shone and life was good.
I recalled growing up on Cape Cod. That type of weather was very common in the summer.
I remember being on the beach, with the sun shining, and all of a sudden a brief downpour would come. Tourists would be yelling and scrambling for their cars, grabbing their beach chairs and coolers, and I recall sitting there, in the rain, watching it all go by me.
I recall the song by Neil Sedaka, Laughter in the Rain, and thinking that this is how I felt, most of the time when caught in the summer rain. No worries, no cares. Just happiness in the warmth of the rain.
I wonder now, all these years later, why I lost that wonderful sense of adventure. When a summer rainstorm didn’t thrill me anymore? And I cannot recall.
All I know is, at sixty years old, I am so glad to have discovered summer rainstorms once again.
Oh, how I love the rainy days and the happy way I feel inside!
(Sorry Neil, I had to steal that wonderful phrase!)
I like the song “laughter in rain”
coffee is on
Yes, sometimes it can be fun to get caught in the rain.
Sedaka is one of my favorites.
It was my birthday present from the gods! Lots of sunshine, a little rain, and thunder!!!