Diary of a Snow Day

Maybe this is how we survive

I was in Brooklyn, NY with friends during the heaviest part of the snowfall over the weekend. I didn’t grow up with snow, so this was a new kind of snow for me and a little bit magical at first.

Then, very quickly, I witnessed some of the real hazards and realized that it takes a very big village to shovel and plow through snow like this.

I saw neighbors and passers-by stop and help cars stuck in the road and near-constant shoveling of pedestrian pathways. The drawing in panel 5 happened the moment before the four strangers pushing the car helped it clear the intersection and allowed a snow plow through just in time.

We don’t live in a Pollyanna world, but I’m grateful to the individuals who haven’t given up on being good neighbors.

Wherever you are, if you’ve been shoveling snow this winter, thank you.

If you’re going out of your way to look out for your neighbors, thank you.

If you’re struggling and doing your best, thank you.

Humanity wouldn’t survive a winter without you.

As always, thank you for reading and being here.

Art description: 6-panel diary comic about seeing New Yorkers help each other in a snowstorm. The panels illustrate a cartoon girl with a bun and earmuffs, excited about the snow at first but unprepared for the conditions. As snow piles up, she learns that cars can get stuck on the roads. In the last 2 panels, she sees neighbors helping neighbors push stuck vehicles and shovel out parked cars. Titled "Diary of a Snow Day," original art by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2026.

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