Thursday

Just the Little Things - Winter Edition

Jessica R., Girl Talk Ambassador

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The air is cold, the world is white, and everyone is filled with joy. This is winter, the season of white sprinkles of happiness, freshly baked cookies, and time spent with family and friends.

It all begins in the long anticipated month of December. The world outside is silently chill, as everyone stays warm in their cozy homes. And if you’re lucky, a steady stream of pearly perfection cascades from the heavens above. Snow is one of the best things about the winter season. It’s the soothing color of swimming swans, dancing doves, and melting marshmallows. The creamy powder graces the world with its wonderfully icy feeling, as it blankets the ground, like a kiss from the angels above. You can see your breath in the air, like a thin wispy cloud of magic, and all at once, everything feels like pristine perfection. Each snowflake dances gracefully to the ground, like a ballerina in a sparkly tutu. Each dancer has a different style, a different rhythm, and a different tempo. But together they make up the most spectacular show you’ve ever seen.

All of a sudden, your face turns into a popsicle as a wintry white snowball smashes into your cheek. You spin around quickly with an alert sharpness and begin to dodge the flying grenades being thrown at you. You desperately grab at the ground in an incredible effort to make your own weapons. You will fight. This is a winter wonderland war, and you must win. Shimmering spheres of white blow left and right. Everywhere you look is filled with white daggers. You dodge, you throw, you run. Every shot is precious. As a giant wintry boulder tosses you towards the ground, you beg for mercy as you land in the comforting blanket of winter’s marshmallow magic. The war has officially ended. You laugh with your friends as you build an adorable peace treaty out of the remains of your wintry weapons. You place the head on your magical man of white, and finish your creation with a knit beanie, a smiling face, and a stylish scarf.

After finishing your new best friend, you decide to go back inside to the crisp warmness of your home, that rushes into your soul, like a long hug from someone you love. But don’t worry, because there’s plenty more snow-filled activities for you to participate in later, including making snow angels in the heavenly embrace of the snow, feeling the wind in your hair as you rapidly sled down the biggest hill in town, and ice skating on a beautifully frozen lake in the middle of the perfectly serene woods.

Your house is filled with exquisite warmth in every nook and cranny. The air is toasty, like a fresh marshmallow that has turned gooey and crispy over a large glowing fire, and the aroma of freshly baked cookies fills your nose with delightful longing. You drink your mug of creamy chocolate magic as you roast yourself like a plump marshmallow by the glowing fire. Later that day, you put on all of your thickest layers of fluff to brave the chilly roads of white.

The winter world at night is one of the most magical scenes of all time. It’s peaceful and silent, and everything is beautifully cold and white, like a blank canvas just waiting to be painted with the playing of children everywhere.

This time of the year is one of the most wonderful occasions because it’s a time to spend with your family and friends, to help those in need, and to remember to be thankful for all that you have in your life.

December ends as quickly as it came, and everyone rings in the New Year together. The anticipation as everyone counts down on the clock, the sound of party horns in the air, and the wonderful feeling of the start of something new with your family and friends by your side are the best way to ring in the New Year.

The changing of one year to another is a time for us to have a new beginning. It’s a reason for you to finally start doing something that you keep meaning to do, like stop procrastinating on your homework, exercising more, and reading more books in your free time. Take this time to really think about what it is you want in life, and set a goal for yourself. You can accomplish anything, so just carpe diem, and there’s no telling how far you’ll go.

Winter continues through the month of January into February, the month of love. Valentine’s Day is a wonderful holiday to celebrate with your loved ones. It doesn’t matter whether you have a boyfriend/girlfriend or not because even if you don’t, Valentine’s Day is still a perfect day to show your family and friends how much you love them. This is a time to shower everyone you care about with love because you’re so lucky to have them in your life.

Throw love around to everyone around you, like a big bucket of sunshine. Making other people feel happy is by far one of the best feelings in the world.

As February drifts away, the snow begins to melt away into the glorious season of flowers, better known as Spring. But for now, just remember to be thankful for everyone and everything that you have in your life. Winter is one of the best times to really appreciate all the little things in life. I hope you all have a wonderful winter filled with love and happiness.

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
- Edith Sitwell

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