BLUE MOON......

Blue Moon.....coming tonight!
Sometime early in 1984 I read aloud Walk When the Moon is Full to Buddy, (13)  Josh (8) & Molly. (4)
The book inspired us to take walks at midnight when the moon was full.

The journal entry from that time showed monthly walks---neighborhood walks around the block and in the back alley of 2211 in my Kentucky hometown (Hopkinsville), a walk around deck of an overnight cruise ship to the Bahamas and a walk to the banks of the Wolf River to play touch football in the sand by the bright light of the moon.

Sometimes we would wake them at midnight (at least we told them it was 12:00) and rush to the car in our PJs for a midnight jaunt to get a slurpee.

What we discovered in the summer of 1985 was there were 13 full moons that year----with 2 of them in July. We had our own "once in a blue moon" moment just as that idiom was catching on with the rest of America.

Our (Liles) kids are now adults. I wonder if they remember those moonlight walks at midnight and experiencing 13 full moons in 1985.

WHAT A MOON!

8/21/13 What a moon, indeed! Did you see it last night????
Friend Jerrie and I got more than a glimpse of that BIG moon as we drove home from the "Give 365" meeting in the downtown medical center area.
When I saw it, I thought back to those nights of soothing babies. Sitting in the rocking chair by the upstairs window, babe in arms I would recite that familiar little ditty.

I see the moon
and the moon sees me.
God bless the moon
and God bless me. (but I would complete rhyme w/ Buddy, or Josh(ie) or Molly) 

When I see the moon
and the stars so bright,
I thank the Lord
for day and night.

I wonder if they remember. Wonder if they share "I see the Moon" with their little ones.

BTW thanks to Batesville, MS friend for the info. Ck it out and if you miss it, you'll know when this "Blue Moon" will next be seen. (It only happens once in a "blue moon.") Also, thanks to blog reader Nancy E. who brought to mind the Psalm 19:1-2 verse. Both the poem and the verse acknowledge the Creator.

The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.

What a moon! What a God!