Blink, and you miss it?

I sat down this evening to write the blog, and looked up towards the sky. The moon was shining large, directly before me and into the room, hovering between the trees, a beautiful, soft apricot colour.

I grabbed my phone to see if I could capture such a beautiful sight, but the angle was all wrong. I skipped into our old bedroom, but it wasn’t any better there, so I went into our current bedroom, but still no good. By the time I’d got back to the computer room, it had gone. I’d blinked and missed it. The opportunity may yet present itself as the clouds glide by….. I’ll see.

And it made me think that that’s a bit like life, isn’t it? We’re looking back and thinking ‘Where did that go? Oh, yes, we blinked and missed it.’ But sometimes another opportunity presents itself. From a different angle or from a different floor of life’s mansion.

To be honest, I was still feeling ropey today, so titivated about a bit this morning, popping one or two things into the skip, that John then took out again and put on the front drive saying, “Someone might take that.” By lunchtime, I’d had enough and sat on the sofa for the afternoon, just watching TV. My brain is totally addled and has no oomph left in it just now. Heaven knows why, but I’ve come to a full stop.

Unlike John who, despite his various ailments and injuries, cracked on today with filling the skip and building a storage box for all our outdoor cushions. Honestly, he is an absolute marvel. Even though he doesn’t think he is.

Not only that, but he’s been looking after me. He says, “I’ll get the breakfast/lunch/tea ready.” and, “No, you stay there and rest…” What a man. Can’t help but love him.

I’d like to say more about exactly what the ol’ man has been doing today, but I have still been self-absorbed…… I know that this blog is supposed to be about him, and I realise it seems to be all about me now……. but sorry folks, I’ve got a lot to get off my chest. I will try and do better tomorrow.

Anyway, this evening, it was Zoom time with the College Girls. First one, then another said, ‘Sorry, I can’t make it’ or ‘I’m going to be late’. I’d set the Zoom session up and was waiting, but eventually I said, ‘Shall we knock it on the head for this week then, girls?’ To which the reply was…… oh, hang on, a minute, there were two people waiting to be admitted. Wow. That was good then. And then another arrived a minute or two later. Boom! That cheered me up no end.

And throughout the evening, I started to feel a bit better. Life was being shown to me from another angle. And… don’t worry, Anne, you may feel you’ve come to a full-stop, but give it a bit more time and you’ll be back on it.

That’s why I like, nay love, the girls. We have known each other for nigh on 50 years now and they still like me and put up with me – warts and all. They know I am very imperfect; I say the wrong things sometimes; I behave badly sometimes – but they are there for me, helping me keep on the straight and narrow, and reminding me that how I think isn’t the ‘be all and end all’. Thank the Lord for very good friends, that’s all I can say.

Anyway, back to the moon….. like life, I didn’t blink and miss it. I captured it in the end… even though, like life, the photo is imperfect, I hope you get gist. It was there all the time. I just had to wait for the right moment.

God bless, everyone. No COVID news today – I am too jaded by it all, so am counting my blessings instead.