Snows Coming and I'm getting Bread and Milk!!

Many of my good friends from New Jersey, New York and places north are always enthralled with how excited we southerners get at the mere mention of snow. Me, I'm no different. I'm as excited as a kid in a candy store anytime snow is mentioned in the forecast. Now tomorrow doesn't look like it's gonna be a big event for the triangle(unless you're west of Raleigh) but the excitement level at my house is beyond belief. My sons are seven and five and they'll have the sleds ready before they go to bed tonight. My three year old daughter will run to the window the second she wakes up tomorrow and look for the snow. If it's not here, sadness all around. But if it does snow, I can be assured that we'll have to bundle everybody up for the trip outside. Reminds me of my childhood days in Concord, NC. We often didn't get snow when Winston-Salem and cities north and west did. But, when we did get snow the whole neighborhood would head to the hills of Rollingwood Forest off Hwy 73 to hit the sleds and use our makeshift skis(made out of race tracks or slicked up plastic...yeah we were poor)
In my adult life I've made the trek to Whiteside Mountain near Cashiers, NC on winter days and marveled at the beauty of a new fallen snow. From the summit of Whiteside a new fallen snow is one of the most beautiful sights I think we'll ever see on this earth.
My wife and her family are from Worcester, Massachusetts and had enough snow to last three lifetimes when they lived up there. So I can understand why they came south. But, the thing about snow in the south is it's here for a little while and then gone. Sort of like our lives. We must make the most of every flake we get.
Enjoy every minute!!!