By Ann Burnside Love
Right now as I’m writing, major areas of our country are
dealing with heavy snow and ice, and The Weather Channel is constantly talking
about, and showing us, places where the accumulation has made transportation particularly
difficult and dangerous.
Accidents along major highways: 30-some cars skidded into a
tight mess that looks, unfortunately, like a junkyard. Overturned 18-wheelers.
People bundled up as they try to shovel snow that’s building up faster than
they can shovel. Airports are delaying hundreds of flights, again experiencing
massive tie-ups and stranded people.
And I’m looking out the window behind my computer, enjoying
a gorgeous multi-day snowfall that’s made the trees into a fairyland. I can see
my car down in the parking lot, the seventh totally blanketed mound from the
left — and happily my name is already on the list to have my car dug out when
it lets up. Soon I’ll go down to the dining room for a hot lunch and all the
hot green tea I want!
Back in the early ‘90s, when Love & Company first became
involved with senior living, one of the main features prospective residents
were interested in was “No More Snow Shoveling.” Everyone talked about it in
the same breath they talked about not having to cook. One of our newspaper ad
series featured individuals gleefully listing all the things they no longer had
to do related to snow and other challenges.
