I've been singing this song in my head all day, after realizing that tonight the moon is full. (Remember, this song is from that mouse movie where the mouse laments ever finding a soulmate, and sings about his special someone being under the same moon as he is, even as he waits to find her).
Every month when the moon was full I would stand at the top of the stairs and look at the moon hanging over the barn. Every month I would think about all the other people that had stood in that same spot and gazed at that same moon, over that same barn, during the 105 years of the farm house's life. I wondered what they were thinking about. Were they worried about their kids' health that night? Were they grateful for the peace and serenity of that farm? How many prayers were said at that window over those many years?
Last night I stood and looked out our hallway window at the (nearly) full moon. I remembered those nights at the farm and hoped that the new family was enjoying the view of the moon over the barn. Then I realized that here, at this new house, we are the first to gaze at the moon from this window. I wonder, how many lives will this home shelter over the years? Will this house be here in 105 years? And what will the world be like then?
Slowly, I felt a great peace wash over me. Everyone that I love (and many that I miss daily) are under this same moon, even as we are apart. So the cycle begins again tonight as I stand at my window and study the full moon over our little corner of North Carolina. It is the same moon that watches over all of you, and I am grateful for that connection.
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I absolutely love that song and that movie. I wrote the lyrics of the song down for Tim in a card when I was living in WI and he was here in IA. It makes you feel closer to the ones that are far away (they are never really all that far).
Love you Liz!
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