One Moment that Lasts a Lifetime

[Paula]

I had one just this week while driving with my teen daughter. We were coming back from somewhere and she said, "Is THAT the moon?" I looked up and right up ahead of us, and on a not-so-special street we drive on sometimes was the biggest, roundest, brightest yellow-orange moon that I had ever seen. It was so low in the sky and it seemed so close that we couldn't believe it was the moon. We kept driving toward it just to see if it was really the moon, and it was. I've never seen a moon that beautiful before, and it was right down the street.

I was driving with my daughter a few years ago and she noticed how huge the snowflakes were right before they hit the windshield. We could really see the designs on the snowflakes. We drove very slowly in the snowstorm on the street where we live, just watching the snowflakes snowly fall on the windshield. She'd a kid that really notices those kinds of things.

 

[Allifunn]

when my son was born, when my daughter was born, every sight I saw in Europe and the first time I saw the gulf in Grayton beach

 

[Poodleone]

Please don't think this is morbid because it really isn't but one of the moments in life that has stayed with me for years is when my husband and I had our first dog, Mule, put to sleep. It was time, she was 14 and a half and had lived a good life. I just remember so vividly feeling the warmth leave her body as we held her. It was our first major shared grief and very much effected me. It wasn't a happy moment but a profound one and something that can still bring tears to my eyes.

 

[gardening1970]

I had one just this week while driving with my teen daughter. We were coming back from somewhere and she said, "Is THAT the moon?" I looked up and right up ahead of us, and on a not-so-special street we drive on sometimes was the biggest, roundest, brightest yellow-orange moon that I had ever seen. It was so low in the sky and it seemed so close that we couldn't believe it was the moon. We kept driving toward it just to see if it was really the moon, and it was. I've never seen a moon that beautiful before, and it was right down the street.

I was driving with my daughter a few years ago and she noticed how huge the snowflakes were right before they hit the windshield. We could really see the designs on the snowflakes. We drove very slowly in the snowstorm on the street where we live, just watching the snowflakes snowly fall on the windshield. She'd a kid that really notices those kinds of things.

Those are very special memories Paula. I have a teenage daughter also, and sometimes she drives me batty, but there are also those really special times like you describe that make me realize I'm going to miss her so very much when she's grown.

 

[Lynnie]

I had one just this week while driving with my teen daughter. We were coming back from somewhere and she said, "Is THAT the moon?" I looked up and right up ahead of us, and on a not-so-special street we drive on sometimes was the biggest, roundest, brightest yellow-orange moon that I had ever seen. It was so low in the sky and it seemed so close that we couldn't believe it was the moon. We kept driving toward it just to see if it was really the moon, and it was. I've never seen a moon that beautiful before, and it was right down the street.

I was driving with my daughter a few years ago and she noticed how huge the snowflakes were right before they hit the windshield. We could really see the designs on the snowflakes. We drove very slowly in the snowstorm on the street where we live, just watching the snowflakes snowly fall on the windshield. She'd a kid that really notices those kinds of things.

The moon and constellations truly fascinate me. I have had two like this. One at St. George Is. in August a few years ago. The moon rose up and crested the horizon with confidence and strength, bright orange and literally took up the span of the horizon. We all came out of the house and lined our chairs on the front deck stadium style, speechless, just watching this magnificent heavenly body. Then, we went inside cooked, ate, rode bikes to Harry A's, got back, jumped in the water around Midnight and the moon was straight over our heads, kind of keeping watch. Absolutely one of the best sights etched in my memory forever.

The other was on a dive trip in the Caribbean in early March for my birthday and we took the boat out for a quick sunset cruise. Just after dark, we looked East and the Big Dipper was popping up......it, too was magnificent and I felt like I could just reach out and touch it, jump on the last star even. Again, we were mesmerized, we all discussed this and one guy said, "I've lived here my whole life and never seen the Big Dipper this close." I so wish I had them both on video. But, they are in the video of my mind......forever. ;-)