Today we are into the second week of April when crocuses have already pushed through the cold dark earth and tulips, and daffodils are inching above ground with the promise of spring.
I did not expect to see snow falling this morning but there it was. However, as the flakes fluttered and fell, they instantly melted on all the surfaces in sight.
Then I noticed two snowflakes that did not land, no longer fluttered and did not melt.
They were caught in an unfinished strand of a spider web and waved up and down on my balcony for at least two minutes.
I’m left with an inner experience of awe at how what is invisible can capture and take control of the movements of a delicate visible snowflake.
-Sister Elaine Cole, CSJ
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