Jozi snow

When I opened the curtains this morning, the first thought that popped into my head was, “It’s going to snow!”. The temperature had dropped dramatically overnight and the clouds were heavy and grey. As I left the house, I told the girls to watch out for the snow. I stopped at the garage to buy myself some hot chocolate and as I ran back to my car, I felt the sleet falling down on me and stared in amazement at the sky. Stopped at the traffic light, I sat staring in awe at the flurries of snow swishing around my car. I glanced over at the car beside me, the two men in that car had reacted in the same way as I had. They looked over at me – and the 3 of us just started to laugh. And so the day began, with loads of excitement for Jozi residents. I kept phoning home to make sure the girls were getting to see the snow too – and all I wanted to do was rush home to take them off somewhere the snow was settling so that they could have some fun.

The most unusual thing about the snow today was that it snowed intermittently throughout the day – in fact, as I sit here, at 22h55, it’s still coming down.

It was tough to focus at work – with all the excitement, and all the photos circulating on FB. Finally B and I could stand it no longer and we rushed outside to get some pics;

There is a part of me though that can’t help but think, as I sit here in my warm and cosy bed, of the people around the country who are not equipped for the biting cold of this night. Those people who live in tin shacks – or worse. Some won’t make it through the night. Tomorrow, try to do just one thing to help another person warm up a little – even if it’s just to buy the man at the garage a cup of coffee.

xoxo