Winter Paradise

Valparaiso has become a winter wonderland once again. As the snow falls, it caresses the earth and canvases the campus with a white blanket of wintery goodness. The chapel is capped with white that makes the roof blend with the sky in a celestial manner. The trees are a sprinkling combination of white and green or branches covered with snow and ice. The campus is transformed and seems to itself change with the weather. Every morning as I walk to work, I am greeted by the graceful view of life that the aesthetics of campus offer all who travel and study here. Long before I ever came to Valpo, I hoped to be a part of a landscape like this- our ‘Vale of Paradise’ as Valparaiso is translated to mean.
If I had it to do over; if I could choose another school; if I could choose another view of grace and beauty; I hope that I would choose none other than this- Valparaiso University.