{"id":8294,"date":"2015-02-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/27\/if-you-love-winter-this-post-is-not-for-you\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T20:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:26:16","slug":"if-you-love-winter-this-post-is-not-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/if-you-love-winter-this-post-is-not-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Love Winter . . . This Post Is Not for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you had an adult conversation this month that didn't include a rant against the ridiculous cold and ice Winter 2015 has wrought? MomSpeaker Paige Wolf writes down what we've all been thinking and saying these past few months. Here's hoping the end of Feb. brings the beginning of spring.<\/em><\/p>\n

I once read a quote that read something like, “‘Tis better to relish the changing of the seasons than to live for summer.” I try to repeat that to myself on days like today. Because there is nothing more mundane than bitching about the winter, right?<\/p>\n

Problem is, the only way to get me to stop verbally complaining is to write it all down into one glorious self-indulgent rant. So if you love winter, this post is not for you.<\/p>\n

You see, global warming is just making the winters even worse. I know I’m fortunate not to be six feet deep in snow like my friends in Boston, but seeing a 10-day-forecast that barely crawls above single digits makes me want to board the next flight to Florida. But the thing is, I like living in Philadelphia and I like seeing leaves fall in the autumn and trees bloom in the spring.<\/p>\n

But most of all I love summer. Even when it is 110 degrees and the city smells like hot garbage, I will go sweat out every ounce of fluid from my body in an unairconditioned CrossFit gym with no complaints.<\/p>\n

Because summer is the opposite of winter. And this is winter:<\/p>\n