my good friend weather.com has just informed me that it will be rainy in philadelphia for the next 9.5 days. unfortunately, it’s not always sunny in philadelphia. my mom pointed out that it seems like it’s ALWAYS raining on wednesdays and looking back, it sounds about right. i remember taking the trolley and then transferring to the orange line at 11 at night after full measure practice in the dreadful rain. i was prepared and pictured in my head how i’d use my gigantic umbrella in self-defense if anyone had tried to attack me. how did i survive without a car?! i don’t even want to think about my SEPTA days!
anyways, she’s thoroughly convinced that satan (saa taan) is tempting her so she won’t go to wednesday night service at church. my mom is not a fan of driving in general but she absolutely despises driving in the rain. although she’s not the only one who hates it when she drives in the rain; all the other drivers on 309 highway hate it as well since she drives about 30 mph the whole way. she also believes that God is testing her to see if she can fight the temptation of wanting to curl up in bed with a book and get to sleep early.
i am grateful for the fact that my mom consistently spiritualizes everything. i think it’s one of my favorite, if not favorite quality about her. she makes it so easy to coorelate Christ with every single detail in her life and my views on life would not be the same if she was never there to constantly remind me of the bigger picture. i can count the times she’s missed wednesday night service on one hand. she can stand the rain.
