Moon Over the Atlantic

Thanks so much for your kind words, Dorobo, and for a great idea! I have written a few things for her that she will find someday, but your idea is even better!



I asked my father to write a book about himself and his life after my mother passed away and he was so lonely and lost. He wrote me a lovely autobiography that I cherish today now that he is gone too.

Wonderfully expressed. You have a talent as a writer. Be sure and use it in some way that entertains you and of course to keep in touch with your daughter. You paint word pictures that brings the reader right into it. Consider an autobiography from the standpoint of you and she. No matter that she was there with you all the time, there are points of view that only you have about the events that shaped her into who she is today. Just a thought. Besides, it makes a wonderful memory book for her in the distant future when you may not be around to ask about things.

Thanks for your comment, Skonuri. We have remained very close.



Oh yes! The half crescent moon is very magical!

It is a really beautiful story just like the full moon. Wish your daughter and her husband a very happy married life. The bond you have with your daughter is beautiful. I hope you both have the strength to endure the physical separation but I think the bond between yourself and your daughter will only grow stronger.



Coming back to the moon I think a half crescent moon is magical as well as beautiful!



Regards.

Only about the nicest people.

Thanks Metal. You always say the nicest things!

Your words painted a lovely verbal picture. So much sweetness and beauty, love, tenderness and just a touch of sadness. So glad I stumbled across this.

Thank you, Everton! She just spent 10 days here at home to be in her best friend's wedding and it was wonderful. When I saw her at the reception dancing with her husband the image of them on the beach under that full moon was vivid in my mind. You are so right that it will always be in my heart.

What a beautiful story, happy yet sad. A memory that will always stay in your heart.

Thanks, Spring. Yes, we both do know that. She's been gone a month now and it gets clearer and clearer all the time!

at certian times it's possile to see 5 or 6 planets in line it's a fact and i'v seen it for myself too, I recall one early morning with surprise.

I like Jupiter, too, Zeggie.All those pretty bands, sort of like a beautiful marble. I like her moon, Europa too. But, I never noticed Jupiter rising over the Atlantic. I was too busy looking at our Luna.

I allways considered jupiter my favoourite close astral body.

Thank you, Princess. It means a lot coming from you.

Thank you so much, Anna.



A daughter moving away to join her husband seems a small thing compare to the problems that many are facing right now. Yet it was a major moment in my life and I wanted to find a touchstone to remind myself that it was a good and beautiful thing. The full moon gave me that touchstone.

There is a lesson for us all in this story about how to live life embracing the beauty in any situation even if it means "letting go".



Your positive outlook in any situation is one of the many things that I greatly admire about you Datura!

Does it need contemplating after the so incident

But what big teeth you have, Zeggle! Are you sure you're cured?

No no honey i'm cured now! Grrr bites you bum.

Hi Zeggle. Glad to hear you're all right now! I would hate to think you turned into a werewolf.



Thank you, SG. Another moon poem for my collection!

How I love that World of the night!

I only used to think of the moon in certian ways whne reflecting in a muse but i'm all right NOOWwwwoooW

And I am happy to hear from someone who also saw that gorgeous pink moon and knows exactly what I am talking about when I say how beautiful and magical it was! I have never seen a full moon quite like it before.



I do feel I was given a gift from the Divine that night.

Small world, because I WAS there, at the Best Western Oceanfront in Va. Beach! Our hotel was just up the boardwalk and we could see King Neptune off of our balcony!! LOL :)

So happy to know you were having that beautiful moment as God staged the sky for your memories!!

Thank you, Mother!

lovely story.

Well, Godhasblessedus, if you were anywhere near the huge statue of King Neptune maybe you even witnessed my magical moment without knowing it at the time!



Small world.....



Thanks for your lovely comment!

If that gorgeous moon was on labor day '09, I watched that pink moonrise over Atlantic Ocean!! I was vacationing in Va Beach and was taken that evening by the beauty of it all.... :)

I took pics via my cell and kept it as a screen saver!

God certainly has His hand in the surreal joy of witnessing the moon rise over the ocean....breath taking....

Loved your story!!

I would love to hear your birth story when it is ready to be told! I'm so glad that it was without difficulty. It almost feels as if this were an 'appointed moment' for a mutually safe and solitary experience. I'm also glad that you son's birth was well attended!



Have fun writing that letter out on just the right type of paper... smiles to you!

Hi Swan! Your suggestion to include a hand written version in their wedding book is terrific. I'm already thinking about how I will edit it to make it just right for that purpose.



The birth story is quite an amazing one. The home birth was intended, I had her younger brother at home also. I just did not intend to be home alone for the delivery! But it was one of the most beautiful things that ever happened in my life. Perhaps I will tell the story one day.



Luckily, her birth was totally without difficulty. Had I been alone for the birth of her brother the outcome might not have been as good. The cord was wrapped around his neck and I shudder to think of what might have happened if I hadn't had help.

Thanks so much for sharing this precious story, Datura! I think that a handwritten version of this story might be a wonderful addition to their wedding book... with that lovely auspicious image as a send off to their life together. How wonderful that you were there to share in it.



What touches me most, tho, is the birth story. It is one of the most special birth stories ever. Your description of 'bonding time' was palpable and it makes sense that you two would have such a close connection. Our son was born at home as well, but I can't imagine being all alone. There must be a story lurking between the lines here! I have the sense that you did just the right thing, however and opened your heart full-on!



You do have a wonderful image to hold of your little girl holding hands with her beloved and I can just feel your happy smile! What better blessing than the feminine moon rising pink and shimmering above you all!