• Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Minnesota Mom

Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About Us
  • My Photography
  • Contact

Welcome to my happy place!

Subscribe now to stay in the loop. You'll get new posts and freebies sent right to your in-box.

Flash…Thunder!

June 15, 2012 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Spiritual Growth 9 Comments

(are you a World War II buff? if so, you got the reference.)

 We had plenty of weird, wet weather yesterday.

Thunder II

It was a good day to build forts and hole up inside, except when the thunder rolled and the 3-year-old shrieked.

Thunder I

Really shrieked.

As in, run-through-the-house-with-a-terrified-look kind of shriek.

I explained to him that it was just thunder. As in, “It’s okay, honey. That’s just thunder.” But it didn’t work; he needed more.

And so I improvised. “You know those big clouds that are up in the sky?”

“Yes,” came the answer. It was a little voice.

“Well, sometimes those big clouds run into each other. When they do, one of them says,” (and here I dropped my voice about a dozen octaves) ” ‘PARDON ME.’ And then the other one says,” (I went even lower than seems womanly possible), ” ‘PARDON ME.’ ”

The 3-year-old giggled.

New Do II

It was okay.

And it remained okay the rest of the day…throughout a haircut (we went during a lull in that weird, wet weather) and more thunderstorms and a crazy, pink-colored late evening sky.

Thunder III
An unedited photo! 
(except, of course, for the mood-enhancing vignette)

Surprisingly, it wasn’t the 3-year-old who ended up nervous at all. It was the 7-year-old who looked at that weird, pink sky and asked, “Do tornadoes sometimes come in the night?”

“Yes, Honey,” I told her. I told her the truth. “Yes, they do.”

“Are you in a state of grace?” I continued. She nodded, still looking plenty solemn. “Then you have nothing to fear.” I asked her to bring me my Bible and together we read from the Gospel of Matthew: “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

It’s an age of reason thing.

Me, Mary and My Sister

It’s moving beyond those clouds that talk…to a faith that sustains us when life gets hard.

Related

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Comments

  1. Kimberlee says

    June 15, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    Beautiful post, and fabulous picture, that last one. Have a blessed feast day!

    Reply
  2. Jamie Jo says

    June 15, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    Oh, my gosh, his hair cut is adorable!!! (give him extra kisses from me!) I love little boy haircuts…and big boy haircuts too I guess.

    We had our last day of outside VBS yesterday!! Rain and all…we survived.

    Reply
  3. Christine says

    June 15, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    I have endured gale force winds, lightening to ground strikes, sirens blaring, all while stuck in a camper with my precious children…during the night…I HATE storms.
    Even after a good confession and prayers said and rosaries prayed…I still cannot stand camping and storms. I need something a little more powerful…a good glass of wine!

    cute haircut
    he has the best eyes evah.

    Reply
  4. Jennie C. says

    June 15, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    Our kids are starting love tornado weather, because it means a slumber party in mom and dad's room! (Our room is almost entirely underground, concrete walls and all that, so it's just about as safe as we can get, and pretty comfortable, too!)

    I love the way you handled that grown up question, though, with a perfect, grown up answer. šŸ™‚

    Reply
  5. theresa EH says

    June 16, 2012 at 1:30 am

    When my 2 kids were little we were all camping with my in laws . The kids were a bit scared and my MIL told them that the thunder were "angels bowling". ;).

    Reply
  6. KC says

    June 16, 2012 at 3:14 am

    Green sky usually signals tornado conditions. šŸ˜‰

    I love thunderstorms. But, it's an acquired taste.

    Reply
  7. Laura says

    June 16, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    That rain looks absolutely wonderful! We need some desperately over here in the Windy City area. God Bless

    Reply
  8. peaceandquiet says

    June 18, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    LOL, my daughters were in Minnesota this past week (from Oklahoma) for Catholic Heart Work Camp. Mid week it started to rain and my Okie daughter looked up at the sky, which was green, and said something along the lines of "we need to go check the weather this doesn't look good" they all thought she was silly it was fine, it's just a light rain. She said "ummm, yeah skies don't turn green for nothing" A few minutes later there was a hail storm (small, but still). She looked at em and said "We grow up on weather, it's a part of our daily lives! We're all trained in what "normal" looks like and what "dangerous" looks like. It was quite funny. We love love love thunderstorms (we're weird.)
    Kara Allen

    Reply
  9. Cydney says

    June 26, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    I always heard, "red sky at night, a sailor's delight," meaning calm seas for the next day. I love your explanation of thunder!

    Reply

Hi there!

I’m Margaret in Minnesota, and this is my mom's-eye perspective of a kid-heavy life. I love the Lord; I take lots of photos; and I always try to tell it like it is, from sex to depression and everything in between! I hope you enjoy your time here. ♄

Welcome to my happy place!

Subscribe now to stay in the loop. You'll get new posts and freebies sent right to your in-box.

Join 172 other subscribers

Your support is appreciated. ♄

Too shy to leave a comment?

Email me instead.

Search This Blog

My Archives

All original material on this site copyright Margaret Berns, © 2006–2025.

Tags

#StreamTeam Alaska Ask the Blogger blogging busyness Cute Kid Stories Daybook Depression Eczema Fallen Heroes Family Fun friendship Gluten-Free Good Habits Gratitude Health & Wellness Home Education Home Improvement Homeschooling Intercessory Prayer Liturgical Year Love & Romance Maggie's Quick Picks Marriage MCHEC Military Life Mindful Living Minnesota Mother-Daughter Motherhood Netflix NFP Family Foundations Magazine North Dakota On Being Catholic Parenting Purgatory recipes Reviews Shameless Blegs Smartphone Monitoring Spiritual Growth Stranger Things Suzuki Violin Travel Trust

Recent Comments

  • Dinora Canales on A First Communion Novena
  • chamnan on Boot Camp: Ten Ways to Cope with Missing Your Recruit
  • Carolina on CHC is Loved by Me
  • Heather on Boot Camp: Ten Ways to Cope with Missing Your Recruit
  • Liz S. on Boot Camp: Ten Ways to Cope with Missing Your Recruit

Top Posts & Pages

  • A Letter to my Daughter on Her First Holy Communion
  • A Letter to my 3rd Daughter on Her First Communion Day
  • Boot Camp: Ten Ways to Cope with Missing Your Recruit
  • Blog
  • A First Communion Novena
  • Pacified
  • First Communion Novena: Day 6
  • First Communion Novena: Day 5

Hi there!

I’m Margaret in Minnesota, and this is my mom's-eye perspective of a kid-heavy life. I love the Lord; I take lots of photos; and I try to always tell it like it is, from sex to depression and everything in between! I hope you enjoy your time here. ♄

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About Us
  • My Photography
  • Contact
  • Family Fun
  • Just Me
  • Hearth & Home
  • Motherhood

All original material on this site copyright © 2006–2025 by Margaret Berns