Rain Dance

A few days ago, I overheard a neighbor in the hall say that it was raining outside. Without giving it another thought, I grabbed the baby, put on our shoes, and out we went into the courtyard of our building to dance in the rain. What a respite from the muggy weather (summer is here, it seems)! It was the baby's first time in a downpour and the drops were warm and huge, so huge that it felt like I could feel the individual drops hitting my skin. He loved the rain. We ran around for only about two minutes, as the rain suddenly let up. And back inside we went, refreshed and cooled off.