Let’s put on red rubber boots and yellow rain slickers and play in the rain for the afternoon. we’ll pretend to be little girls, and forget about being grown up for a while, no college, no school, no homework, no boys, no jobs, no stress, no military, no future. just now. just you and me and puddles and red rubber boots and yellow rain slickers.

let's go out and jump in puddles, and laugh, and giggle, and splash each other. and when we get sufficiently tired of jumping in puddles, we can take out our umbrellas, and walk with out noses pointed up in the air, because all the pretty ladies in old fashioned black and white movies walk with their noses pointed up when they walk in the rain with their fancy umbrellas. And because having the privilege of walking with an umbrella is a very grown up thing to do, and we, as little girls, like to pretend to be grown up.

And when we are done being grown up we can use our umbrellas and fly up through the red and yellow leaves, through the trees, and up to the clouds, just like mary poppins. We can sing songs, and laugh and be happy. And don’t worry my dear friend, rain drops never laugh at notes sung out of key.

And finally when we are done flying, and return to earth and realize that our socks are soaked from our previous puddle jumping experience (because we jumped soooo high that even our red rubber boots weren’t tall enough to keep the water out) we can go inside, where hot chocolate and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies will be waiting for us. and we can giggle and laugh, and wrap ourselves up in hot towels just out of the dryer. Because of course, even though we had the rain slickers and umbrellas these adventurers are still soaked to the bones.

Let's be little girls again, just for an afternoon, and put on yellow rain slickers and red rubber boots and play in the rain.

With rosy cheeks, and chilled toes, but happy hearts.