In like a Lion...

You've all heard the phrase that describes March--"In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb"--referring to the weather. In our former Arizona life, I had to explain to my children what this phrase meant. They just didn't get it, because in Arizona March usually comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lamb. There were a few years that we might have argued that March came in like a lamb and went out like a lion--when it was way too hot too early. This year my children discovered that in Utah March comes in like a lion (snow) and goes out like a lion (more snow). There were some lamb days mixed in there, gratefully, but it definitely went out like a lion with snow and wind and frigid temperatures for the last two days of the month. So I'm starting to wonder where the people lived that coined this phrase in the first place. It's a great theory, but I have yet to experience the reality. Four days into April, and I'm still waiting for the lamb.