Here in Atlanta, it has rained about a million inches the last month.
After being in a drought for a few years, we Atlantans know that a lack of rain can change the way you live your life. We're now learning that too much rain does the same thing.
We need the perfect amount of rain. Is that too much to ask? Let's say, we'll take a quarter of an inch, four nights a week, between midnight and 6 a.m. Then during the summer, in addition to those quarter-inch rains, we'll take an extra inch every other Sunday, a slow, cooling drizzle giving us a break from the 90-degree heat.
Well, that's just never going to happen. More times than not, rain is an inconvenience. But be it through the tragedies of the flooding, or the kindness of neighbors or the reasonable rates of a reliable handyman who doesn't mind getting on a roof, think about how many great, compelling stories have occurred. And the shame of it is that most of them have gone untold. Great stories don't have to be in newspapers, or in magazines, or on TV. Think like a storyteller. I bet just about every one of you have a story of pain or inspiration, love or laughter, kindness or caution. Go tell that story to someone. Or comment on it here. Just tell the story and do your part in saving the art of storytelling.
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