Diamonds Sparkling and Winking in the Moonlight.

I only hope that I have the words to express to you what I saw because, try as I may, I couldn't get a picture to show its beauty. We have had quite a bit of snow as of late. Well, one day last week we had a particularly heavy snowfall. I was walking to work, and the moon was reflecting off the snow like a sea of diamonds. It was the most breathtaking thing I had ever seen. Each step caused a different pattern in the sparkles. It was so beautiful. It was also still snowing and the various snowflakes that were falling would catch the reflection of the moon and wink on and off. I told one of the other teachers, who was also walking to school at the time, that it was like snow from the movies. I actually remember thinking to myself, if someone were going to ask someone else to marry them, this would be the perfect setting. That same day, I went over to Kris and Paula's house for dinner. When I was walking over, I saw all the snow glinting and glistening with the reflection of the moon. I stopped to take a closer look at the snow that had piled up on the railing to their house. It was SO delicate. It was like little puffs of cotton, each little flake standing up individually and not all crushed down. As I looked, I could see the reflection of off individual snowflakes. It was so amazing to be able to see the details of all the wonderful, intricate patterns. I tried and tried to take a picture that would show the beauty that I was seeing, but I had no luck. Just imagine the snow that you see in your dreams. I have always wondered why people call snow a "Winter Wonderland", but now I know. I wanted to stay out there forever. I wanted to jump into a snow bank and just lie back and watch the snow fall. I have never wished to be a little kid (so those things would be ok) so much in my life. I wanted to tilt my head back, throw my arms out, and spin around in circles (like you always see people do in the movies). I hope that I can always see the world with the eyes that I saw that snow with.