Significant enough for them

7:00 AM SUNDAY, 12-6-09 Whether you knew for days this storm was coming, or became suddenly aware Saturday morning when the first flakes arrived...there is always something special about the season's first snow. I surmise that many children and their parents shared similar joyful moments from the Gulf coast to New England. For powderhounds young and old alike, half the fun is knowing that for a few hours on one fabled fifth of December, millions are talking your word: Snow.  

From spontaneous family

portraits to capturing that perfect winter screensaver, to the detailed updates across the Mid-Atlantic (and even from Tennessee!) your fun storm stories are the cinnamon sugar sprinkles on sweet butter breakfast toast. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to revel together. And so it goes that we get to add yet another December 5 snowfall to Mother Nature's book of lore.

With another storm looming on the horizon, opportunities abound for us to do again what the poet Robert Frost might suggest from the Road Not Taken:  "I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."  The Tuesday night into Wednesday situation this week already looks very challenging, with the potential for a long duration period of freezing precipitation. For working parents with children, it would be a good use of time to revisit those alternate care plans in the event schools or your child care provider are delayed or unable to open.