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I have had a cousin visiting with us for the last week. She had come from Los Angeles, California.  For the first few days it was very warm and she loved the warm weather.  Then it turned cold for a day followed by another warm day and then once again there was a cold day. 

She asked ,”how can you stand the changes in weather almost every day?”  In California I can know for sure that early in the morning and in the evening I will need a light sweater.  The rest of the day I can be sure will be warm. I could not take the changes in weather you get here. I love California.

I did not think she was a very good guest.  Even if she didn’t like our changes in weather, as a guest I don’t think she should have told us that her weather was better than ours.  She might have found something good here to talk about.  That is what I proceeded to do for her. Do you think I was right to have told her some of the things I love here in Boston?

RN

I’m glad you told her some of the things you love in Boston especially now in the fall of the year as the leaves are changing color. Perhaps taking her for a walk and both picking up some of the fallen leaves and putting a large red and gold leaf under transparent paper and ironing it on to  a plain cream colored polo shirt which she could take home to show her friends in California might help her appreciate the beauty of our trees in the Fall.

She might look and see that some of the leaves were orange and others were russet, yellow and green, what a wealth of color and beauty.

Perhaps she might even ask if she could copy some of them in their beautiful colors; thus  she might understand what you love here.  Perhaps she might want to draw some of the shapes of the leaves she sees here. 

As she begins to see beauty in CHANGE she might be ready to hear that in six or seven weeks after our trees have gone to sleep for the winter snow may  start to fall on them, how beautiful that is as it softly covers trees, lawns, side walks and roads; that special areas are set aside for coasting, skiing and skating.

Your cousin, RL will soon capture what fun you kids have here in the winter that she doesn’t have in California. Not that you are trying to compete with her in the activities  each  area of our country has be it mountain or lowland , river or  stream, country or city.  Really what you are trying to do, RL is help your cousin appreciate wherever she is.  Much more important than where she is, what she is, how she behaves as a guest or host, sharing much of the beauty we have in this world.  You are doing fine, RL. Keep it up!

 GMW

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