When The World Stops Turning

Tonight as we drove home from a day spent with my parents, Madison looked out of the window and said "Mommy, look at the sky!"  Little did she know, I'd been admiring it the entire time.

You see, there was a difference in the sky tonight. 

Watching the sun set has always been one of my favourite things to do.  I love seeing the sun paint the sky with infinite colour combinations.  I can get lost in it...and just as it fades away, I'm enveloped in a sea of stars shining in all of their brilliance.

But tonight, there was a difference.

For tonight, the sun did not fill the sky with its radiance.  Instead, the sun focussed all of its energy into a stream of light so wondrous that even my almost 8 year old daughter stopped and took notice.  A perfect path, leading from Earth to the Heavens.  And indeed, today it was.

Today, the world stopped turning for so many people in my life.  Today, an angel gained his wings.  Although, even as I type this, I can hear his incredible laugh for referring to him as such. 

Today, the world dimmed as the heavens shone just a little more brightly.

And tomorrow, my world will start turning again, but I know it's going to take a lot longer for others.  But, eventually, albeit slowly, it will turn again.

And yes, this is supposed to be a blog about being a mother of 3 and wife to 1, but give me a fuckin break, this is what you get, when the world stops turning.