Storm.....

A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that
morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily
trek to the elementary school.

As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder
and lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her
daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school and she
herself feared that the electrical storm might harm her child. Following
the roar of thunder, lightning, like a flaming word, would cut through
the sky.

Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the
route to her child's school. As she did so, she saw her little
girl walking along, but at each flash of lightning, the child would
stop, look up and smile. Another and another were to follow quickly and
with each, the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.

When the mother's car drove up beside the child, she lowered the window
and called to her, "What are you doing? Why do you keep stopping?" The
child answered, "I am trying to look pretty, God keeps taking my
picture"

"Face the storms that come your way and don't forget to SMILE ! "


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