You picked me out of the cereal bowl!!! nooooo!!!!!

I spent my whole life for just this moment!  I wanted to be digested, not left to rot in some garbage can.

I spent my whole life making myself sweet for you!

And now….

…and now…

….. you’re just going to throw meee awaaaaay.

I found the darkest place I could manage in a place surrounded by street lights. One long strip of shadows from trees stretched across the grass, and I spread my blanket to lie down and gaze at the heavens. The dog was as clueless as I as to what to expect.

There is wonder in the stars.  Wonder and mystery and perspective.  The unfathomable mind of God stretches out to infinity, whole galaxies reduced to tiny specks of companionship.  They’re there.  With you.  Whether you’re looking, or not.   You know.

The Leonids gave one magnificent gift to me – a slow burning arc across the sky – some lone traveler’s last heroic gasp.  Was I the only one to say thank you? How ridiculous the notion.