Today was very .... full. Not of pleasant things, either. Hard choices; difficult people; high emotion. In reflecting on the day, I keep coming back to one particular moment in time .... a moment this morning when I was arriving back home from my visit to the doctor's office (yeah, again *sigh*). I parked the car, turned it off, and as I typically do, looked up into the sky as I opened the car door. What I saw first surprised me, then amazed me. There were at least twenty jet contrails in the sky! All over the place! That, in itself, is a spectacular sight (in my estimation, anyway); but the upper levels of the atmosphere were doing beautiful things to these contrails! It's like .... the wind had taken up paintbrushes, and with the finest touch began "spreading" the width until they were as wide a clouds ... feather-like strokes making them wispy in the sky .. and they were everywhere ... it was breathtaking. I watched for a long time as nature played with what man left behind, and marveled at how she can turn anything into a work of art. Especially on a canvas as phenomenal as the morning sky.

I thank God (or Mother Nature, or the airplanes, or ... whomever, whatever) for this memory. It puts a touch of beauty on a day which would otherwise be gloomy and .... not worth remembering. But now ... it is more than worth remembering -- it is worth a smile and a twinkle in my eye. :)

and a young man who touched your heart deeply...

youhad a good day:)
as we ahve said.... it is a journey full of pain and precious moments...
the precious moments make it all worth while..in my eyes

Thoughtfully shared by: your other fav poet at January 2, 2003 10:59 PM

you're so right, my friend. he was ... amazing. he made me feel like ... i actually did something right all those years he was growing up. :) and he made me feel incredibly loved! :)

thank you, dear friend :)

Thoughtfully shared by: Leigh at January 2, 2003 11:05 PM

I am so happy your day was blessed with such an awesome and beautiful sight! Thanks for sharing this breathtaking moment, dear friend! :)))) May your heart always be filled with the beauty and magic of nature!

angel blessings

Thoughtfully shared by: Debbie at January 3, 2003 01:06 AM

it sounds beautiful!!! moments like that make me wish i knew how to paint so i could capture it on canvas. :)

and thank you for everything you said in your comments to me. if you ever need someone to talk to, i'm here, okay? (((((Leigh))))))

Thoughtfully shared by: Alex at January 3, 2003 03:03 AM

eh, i wanna see that... oh jesus, it is breathtaking indeed ... i'm on my way over!!!! =)
love love love love
monica

Thoughtfully shared by: monica at January 4, 2003 12:07 AM

That sounds *really* beautiful. I'm glad you got a chance to see something so rare and breathtaking. :)

Thoughtfully shared by: GeekGrrl at January 4, 2003 05:47 AM