Never rain on a kid's snowy parade

The Central Texas area just south of Lampasas received a light dusting of snow Tuesday – just enough to make some yearn for a snowy play day. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
The Central Texas area just south of Lampasas received a light dusting of snow Tuesday – just enough to make some yearn for a snowy play day. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Road conditions were safe enough to send Lampasas ISD students to school on Tuesday. In other parts of Central Texas, however, classes were canceled due to a sleet-wintry mix or snow – whatever we want to call it.

As an eighth-grade student 13 years ago, my friends and I were more than ready to make the most of any snow dusting, a rare experience in my native San Antonio.

It seems like just yesterda…