Rainbow Day

Most mornings before work -- and on the weekend too -- I check the weather forecast. The Boy is pretty good at interpreting them now, he knows what all the abbreviations for the days mean, and he gets that the little pictures below the day show the weather for that day. And he delights in telling me the story. "Monday there will be sun! And again on Tuesday! And then there will be clouds on Wednesday!"

But my favourite is when there is an icon for all three -- a little cloud, a little rain, and a little sun, because those are always the Rainbow Days. Since everyone knows all you need for a rainbow is a little rain and sun together. It feels very optimistic, somehow, to know a Rainbow Day is just around the corner.