Sometimes as the sun is rising, I pretend (just like I did when I was young) that it is really the dark after a sunset. This may sound a little odd but it sets my mind up to enjoy the sunrise even more. It is easy to have a pretend sunset because the sky looks just like the beginning of a dark night. But the new day’s sky will come forth (the Lord willing) and show beauty that I will be able to study and enjoy all of its details.
Today is a big cloudy day. The sun hasn’t shown it’s brazen face. Only the over all brightness of the sky tells that is near. In fact, there were no colors of orange, yellow, peach or gold. There are just the basics. Blue and white, accented by gray. Earlier there was a line of white clouds above the horizon.
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day, the day in which we give respect to the keepers of our land. Soldiers of all ranks, those living, those currently on duty and those who have died. There will be a parade. I hope the cloud filled sky doesn’t pour its rain upon us. But it won’t matter if it does. We’ll still celebrate and pray and thank God and our American soldiers and their families for protecting us.