The last week or so has been rather snowy as we’ve been hit by the remnants of the storm that left some flooding in its wake down in California. We were told to prepare for the storm of the decade, but it really wasn’t all that bad. It was however, bad enough to get church canceled on Sunday (which is pretty bad for Utah). I think part of the cancellation was due to the fact that our building is on the edge of a huge field which lies directly in the path of the winds that blow up from the point of the mountain. Between the loads of light fluffy snow that fell and the crazy winds that blew all night long, I’m pretty sure our building was basically buried under a gigantic snow drift. As you can see from the pictures below, we got quite a bit of snow at our place as well. The front edge of our retaining wall is about level with the snow after the wind was done with it.

As I sat watching the snow come down Sunday morning it got me to thinking a little about the events of this past week. With winds and snow that made leaving the house a pretty unappealing prospect, the nasty Sunday weather made the previous day all the more special. In stark contrast to what I watched out the window, I thought of how just one day prior had seen the sun shine down brightly on Salt Lake City Cemetary. The nasty winds that howled outside had held their breath the day before in reverence and respect as one of the worlds truly great men was laid to rest. I’m sure that it wasn’t just a coincidence that the weather was nearly perfect on Saturday, but it’s little things like that which help to confirm that our Heavenly Father looks down on us from above. As half the valley turned out for President Hinkley’s funeral, the Lord knew that nothing but a pleasantly sunny day would do for the funeral of one of the happiest souls ever to grace this beautiful earth. It was like the whole world took a deep breath to honor one man. A father. A friend. A prophet of God.

And on Sunday the world exhaled… and it snowed.

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