The World of Author/Mom Alicia Murphy!

Mr. Weatherman is calling for thunderstorms and hail to hit our area soon.
Have you ever noticed that hail somehow makes a storm more fun and less
frightening? There’s something humorous about watching little (or big) balls
of ice fall from the sky and bounce all over everything on the ground. Hail
is like the comic relief of a storm … It’s the chuckle in the midst of an
annoying situation. It’s like being in the middle of a heated argument and
the person with whom you’re bickering suddenly stutters or loses his point.
It’s like trying to cope with the wailing temper tantrum of your 3-year-old
when lo and behold, in the middle of a loud scream, he farts.
I may try to present this hail-as-comic-relief idea to my 7-year-old, who is
heartbreakingly terrrified by storms. Not sure how it’ll go over …
I guess if all else fails, I can just … stutter.

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