Weather stories

In my freshman year college roommate Courtney and I had a ruff begining that September in 2001. Each of us were unsure of our decision for college and what awaited us. When the World Trade Center Bombings happened it shook our senses and we were even more worried about the future. For the most part we had not fully connected as friends. She was my roommate, we shared a room, and that was all. I felt lost because in my college decision I had to move a thousand miles from home with no friend in sight.

Well, one evening Courtney and I wanted some ice cream, but there was rain forecast. We really wanted that ice cream, so umbrellaless and all we decided to brave the weather anyway. We ran for it, about 100 yards to the store, but we had forgotten something quite important - our shoes. When we got to the store we were soaked and the store was closed. We were pretty perturbed. We turned around, heavy hearted, to run back to the room.

Suddenly, as we were running, a moment stopped us and we looked up at the heavy grey sky dripping all around us and began to laugh. We laughed out loud and danced around in the rain happy as we could be. A moment of shear joy broke our silence as just roommates. Then and there Courtney and I decided to be friends and we've stuck together ever since. Thank God for the rain, good friends, and moments of laugher when we know we're home, despite the miles.

Florida Southern College, November 2001
Submitted online by Rebecca Parsons, March 23, 2004