Rain Ninjas

Growing up I enjoyed reading Anne of Green Gables. The series itself brought spark, flair, imagination, dreams, hopes, and more. It gave a certain warmth to the heart. I would read and immediately put myself as Anne, as I am sure most girls did. I went around looking for kindred spirits.

“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive—it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?” – Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables

The thing about Anne that relates to most is that she is optimistic and is looking to seize life to the fullest. I did for a long time. But, then life happened. I dealt with the lemons that were thrown. I tried to make lemonade, but somehow it was still sour.

Leaving me to realize that I had forgotten what it was to have that scope of imagination. So, the first time in a long time, I went and played in the rain. I realize this may sound like a metaphor, but literally, I did. So, in hopes of this blog, I hope to write about life - the good and bad. However, I want to focus on it being positive.


So, to start it off, here is the story of playing in the rain:

This afternoon, I was at work. There was not a whole lot going on. Earlier I had asked Tina if it was supposed to storm. She responded in saying there was a chance. I had seen statuses on Facebook indicating the thunder and such. Soon it started to sprinkle. Soon, it was pouring. It was nice big fat rain drops. There was a monsoon!


We got excited. I said that we should go play in it. She agreed. I was surprised. Asking if she really meant it. She said yes. I said, "Let's go!" So, we quickly shed our shoes and ran out the front door of the church.

It really was coming down down. We jumped in puddles, laughing and splashing. Talking about if people saw us what they would think. We enjoyed it immensely. We went back in. Our hair drenched our shirts soaked and happy as clams!

We took the back stairs to our office to surpass church members. We dried off a bit, but the temptation was there. The big drops were back. This time we slid out the side door. Quickly turning to splash through the puddles to the door. It wasn't coming down as hard as before. But again, we enjoyed it.

Soon, the rain began again. We decided to do it yet again. We hurried down the stairs and out the side door again. Planning on making the same route, we turned the corner to see a van present. We froze! We knew who they were. They were members of the church who would not be happy to see us barefoot, soaked, and not working even though it was around 5:30.

We both quietly slipped around the corner. We started to walk towards the front of the church. We didn't have our phones!! We couldn't call our music minister to let us in the side. We walked on. We knew we would get drenched. If only we could wait til they left then sneak pass. However, we didn't see that happening. Tina remembered that there was a possibility of having a master key on keyring. We tried the doors of the sanctuary. First key - no go. Second key - Success!!!

We entered in. Locked the door. Then quickly and quietly walked through the sanctuary and to the stairs to the balcony. We made it back to our offices unseen!

That's right, we are rain ninjas!!!!