I remembered my dad buying hand warmers for his gloves when he was working outside during the winter.
Dad was an HVAC technician, and he often helped install new HVAC system during early spring when it was still cold, or late fall when it was getting cold.
He called the hand warmers his portable heaters. Mom liked that little portable heaters, and she started putting them inside my gloves when I was outside playing. I hated wearing those gloves, and I would take the hand warmers out and give them to someone else to use. The portable heaters would warm my hands and gloves so well that I couldn’t make a snowball. I was the only one who was getting bombarded with snowballs because mine melted before I could throw them. My friend Bobby liked the portable heaters and he would stay hidden behind our barricade and let me throw all the snowballs. He was happy to have warm hands and stay safe. The only reason he came outside to play was because his mom and dad made him. He would rather stay in his room and read a book or play video games. I like that too,, but I also enjoyed playing outside, but I didn’t want to make snowballs when those portable heaters caused them to melt, until I realized the snow was turning to ice before they totally melted. I begged mom for a second pair of hand warmers. I gave one to Bobby and kept the other set so I could get the snow to pack more quickly and get a tighter snowball.
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