Unscheduled Hiatus

Apparently I have taken quite the hiatus from blogging. It's not that I didn't have anything to say. (Lord knows I have plenty to say!!) It's not that my desire to write faded. (And never will.) I just simply didn't think about it. But today at work, I found an old print out of some of my previous blogs. It stirred those thoughts in me again. It brought out something that has laid dormant for the past few months, and honestly a majority of my life. I forget sometimes the power of cleverly crafted writing, how it can bring about an emotion or memory that fell into the depths of the mind just waiting to be reborn, relived, and rediscovered. I can't say I will always remember to write and share my words. But hopefully, at times when they become so powerful, I will share them with you. Or sometimes when they aren't powerful at all, just begging to be written, I will write for you, for me, for the world.

Just a Little Rain

Last night, I ran an errand. It was a little gray when I went into the store and I was well aware of the pending rainfall and the tornado warnings across the city. Upon exiting the store, the sky had turned a dark gray infused with blue. The clouds were split and lightening was shooting out a warning of the coming rains. After a quick analysis, I thought it best to just go home so as not to get caught in the storm. The whole way home I chanted 'just hold off a few more minutes until I get home....just a few minutes." Random rain drops crashed and splattered against my windshield, giving my wipers a short bursts of excitement. Still, I chanted and hoped. I knew what was coming. As I pulled into my driveway, I let out a sigh of relief as it had not yet begun to pour. I gathered my purchases, opened my car door and in that one split second, the heavens opened, dumping every drop of water it had been collecting. I got out, getting soaked in the cool southern rains. I gave the sky a good 'fist shake of doom', screaming to the thunderous clouds above "You just couldn't wait two more seconds could you? Could you?!?" Hurriedly I made my way inside, drenched with the flood from above. Even though I was cold and now wet with the evidence of my failed hope, I still had to smile. I stood and watched nature's fireworks in lightening, listened to nature's music in thunderous drumroll, and was quietly thankful I got caught up in it in the last few seconds of my journey home.

Another Blog?!?

Okay, so I can't keep up with one blog, so I start another? Well, that's just plain ridiculous! I'm not sure why, but I just like "arileydeclassified" a lot. I mean, that's really what I do. I share my life, my stories, my heart in every post. So cheers to sharing my life with the world wide web, and all that peruse it. And cheers to another blog that I will write in way too infrequently!