A Welcome Glow

Lights can make a place so much more welcoming. I delivered 2 weekly newspapers through out Junior high and High School. Most of the time my mom and I would deliver the papers on
Sunday at 6 o'clock in the morning.

Over the years it was like the houses and I built up a relationship. I learned shortcuts around hedges, where the mail box was, the pets and I were on a first name basis. Each house had its own personality. In the winter time those residents that kept their sidewalks clear of ice and large quantities of snow made my morning venture much less treacherous.

It was the houses that left there porch lights on all night that I looked forward to most on my early morning route. The temperature seemed to raise 10 degrees in the presence of the glow. During the holiday season those homeowners didn't know it but those holiday lights they left on during those dark and frozen mornings definitely brightened my way.