198 ~ A Secret Until Now

By Kay Heitsch

In the 1960s, I lived with Aunt Carmeleta and Uncle Fred for one year. They lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the time.

If you don't know anything about Grand Rapids, I will tell you the city is in what is called the snow belt. Grand Rapids gets a lot of snow in the winter.

My cousin, Pat, and I walked to school, rain, shine, sleet, or snow. The school was several blocks away, but we didn't seem to mind the walk.

One day, on our walk to school, it had snowed. But on top of the snow there was a sheet of ice. We literally were walking on top of the icy snow.

The snowplows had come along and piled drifts on the corners of the streets. That being said, we had to walk on top of these icy drifts to cross the roads.

We were doing well navigating the drifts until Pat fell, I started to laugh, and then I fell. I don't know why it was so funny, but the two of us were laughing so hard we couldn't stop. Well, we did stop when we both wet our pants. Can you even imagine?

Now we had to turn around and go back home, change our clothes, and try to make our way to school again. I'm sure we were late. I don't remember what our excuse was; it was our secret until now.

Remember how I led you on this long journey. Deuteronomy 8:2