Goodbye darkness, Hello sun!
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise" - Victor Hugo 6 months of snow, 3 months of dark days and a period of coldness are going to end. Instead, we can once more feel the sun's warmth on our faces. We can observe that folks are enjoying themselves by sitting outside. We are now able to walk along a path that we haven't been able to do for months. It feels like a fresh start in life. Such darkness was something I had never known before arriving in Sweden. I truly believed that everyone was joking with me. But no. It was dark by 1:00 p.m. On cloudy days, it seemed as though there was no light at all. You needed to motivate yourself because you got tired. However, you manage to survive because you are aware that the sun will rise again. Days with sunshine were rare during this period. After two weeks of no genuine sunlight, I recall being in church when the sun came out. Valeria and I ran outdoors. We had just been standing in the sun for a few...