Snow-covered memories don't melt

One of my favorite things about working at a newspaper is that occasionally I am struck by inspiration and get to pour my thoughts and opinions into a words that get printed. Well, this past weekend provided such inspiration.

Snow. Tiny bits of frozen ice crystals falling from the sky building to cover the ground and landscape, seemingly making everything stand still. Growing up in Oklahoma, I had plenty of the white stuff. We usually saw our first snowfall of the year before my birthday in November and would continue to see it through the following February. I never grew tired of it, howev...