Lightning Outside The Window

          Tonight as I stare out the window watching the lightning strike across the sky and listen to the thunder boom and shake the house; I can smell the rain. I can't help think about all the time I have spent staring out this window and thinking about the future. I have done lots of praying at this window. Cried a lot of tears by this window, done a lot of thinking about life, boys, school, drama, family. I have watched countless rainstorms and countless snowflakes fall in the light of the streetlight while praying for no school. My life has happened on the inside of this window. As I listen to the rain fall outside it gives such a bittersweet feeling. The rain cleans and rejuvenates, gives the chance for a fresh start. Which is exactly what faces me ahead now: a new beginning.