Dear Audrey,
It’s not looking like you will get any snow on your 6th birthday – but maybe for Christmas. A Christmas with snow 
on the ground would be magical.
Have I ever told you how much I love love love walking around outside when it is snowing. One of my favorite snow memories happened about 15 years ago. I was in Prague (the capitol of the Czech Republic) in January attending a conference for leaders who would be directing International Mission Trips the following summer. I was leading a team that would be going to Botswana Africa in June. Anyway, while we were in Prague, we spent an evening walking around as a beautiful snow fell on this beautiful city. It was incredibly enchanting as millions of tiny snowflakes fluttered all around us as we walked across the Charles River Bridge, up to the Prague Castle , and through the Old Town Square.
And speaking of snowflakes, did you know:
- Snowflakes actually start as tiny ice crystals that form from water vapor that freezes in the atmosphere.
- The size of a snowflake depends on how many ice crystals connect together.
- Each snowflake is made up of about 200 ice crystals.
- Snowflakes always have six sides.
- On average snowflakes fall from the sky at 3-4 miles per hour.
- Close to 80% of the world’s fresh water supply comes from snow and ice.
- The most snow to fall in a 24 hour period was 76 inches in Silver Lake, Colorado in 1921. Just imagine how many snowflakes that would be.
- It is believed that no two snowflakes are exactly alike because of the many possible combinations of ice crystals.
Which brings me to my point my dear little snowflake. There is absolutely no one just like you. You are uniquely created in the image of God. And I love that you don’t try to conform to anyone else’s image. There is only one Audrey and you do an amazing job of being Audrey. The older you get the more pressure there is going to be to conform to the people around you and to the world around you. So hold on God’s Word that says, “I urge you to present yourself to God as a living sacrifice. And do not be conformed to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.…”
Thanks for inviting me to your birthday party. I’m hoping we can take a walk together with snowflakes falling all around us sometime soon. It will be magical.
And never forget that you are very loved,
Pop Pop
Such a cutie-pie!