Years ago we were living in Virginia Beach where Dw was attending seminary. While there we had the most horrific storms ever. We ourselves weren’t kids, we’d been married quite a long time, we had 3 kids and #4 – John – was on the way. But these storms were something else and on more than one occasion Dw and I would give each other “the look”. Ya’ know “the look”? The look that says, “We are the parents so we must be brave, even though inside we are almost freaking out ourselves!!” YIKES! We decided we needed to make a fun rule to make the storms something to look forward to! We opted to celebrate every single thunder and lightning storm with ice cream! The kids loved the idea and to this day, every time it thunders they say, “OH Yippeee!!! It’s a storm, we get ice cream!”