Stormy Friday

No sunset today. South winds and rain are hitting us straight on at about 17 mph with gusts to about 30 mph. The rockers on the deck are swinging as if they were having all the fun in the world. The visibility is poor but you can feel the ocean roaring behind the fog. The waterfront windows are trembling and gusts of wind come in if even a small gap of the sliding doors is open. It has been gloomy all afternoon and it seems that this is going to be a whole night event.

Today, as if perfect for the weather, I was listening to a song that keeps coming up in our local radio station. I thought it was so fitting that I went to singer’s Website to read the lyrics and listen to the song a few times. The song, “In Your Arms” by Plumb (Tiffany Arbuckle Lee), turned out not to be a romantic ballad as I thought, but a song from a mother to and about her baby son cuddled in her arms. The chorus says:

“Knowing clouds will raise up,
storms will race in,
but you will be safe in my arms
Rains will pour down,
waves will crash all around
but you will be safe in my arms”

It seems as an eternity ago that B and I had our babies in our arms and were for them all that mattered in the world. In our arms, they felt that nothing could harm them. No storm or wave that the ocean could muster was a threat to them. As we saw them grow up, we also saw them stretching their umbilical cords to far away places where our arms could no longer protect them. Eventually the cord does break and they realize that our arms were not as strong as they once thought. And so the cycle of life continues.

As a consolation, at least the air temperature is a Spring-like 69F degrees. And with the time change coming up this weekend, we know that Spring is finally just around the corner. With the change in season, we also know that the weather becomes rather unsettled and that same ocean becomes alive with potential for even bigger storms, at least until autumn. Perfect time to have some strong arms protecting us, our home and our readers, from what this, sometimes not so peaceful ocean, can come up with.

This too shall pass. It will be sunny again tomorrow!

Note: To listen “In Your Arms” click on the link.