Rain

I love the world after rain--the fresh air and green grass. Rain can catch us unprepared. Once I dashed across campus because I forgot an umbrella. I ran into a student who shared her umbrella. Maybe we should wish for continual sunshine, but we need rain. My friend Wendy from England loves to visit our sunny state. I never appreciated the sizzling summer days until she came. Rain spoils a parade or does it? It rained during the last parade I watched with my husband's mother. She laughed like a child as we huddled together under an umbrella. Flowers love rain and so do children if they can be outside. Rain brings all those puddles and gorgeous worms. Sometimes I feel like playing in the rain too.