3am and unable to sleep, I found myself outside sitting on our front porch bench. Not a sound could be heard, not the humming of a car, rustling of the wind, not even the squawk of a night bird. just the hissing sound your own ears produce when trying hard to hear
Not a cloud in the sky just a slight dusting of stars that seemed motionless as though suspended in time. The three quarter moon beamed brightly lighting up the earth beneath me. The cool night air turned my flesh to goose bumps as the frost began to form on the car windows. It was then I realised how lucly I was to see the many faces of nature, to experience the many offers in life and to encounter the joy of knowing my grandson |
