Last time I wrote about the rain showers, and the blessing showers, but I forgot to write about the best April shower yet! Drumroll please...Saturday night's meteor shower.
Just like I said that we would, all the brothers and sisters dressed up Saturday night, went to dinner, and crashed DG Parent's Weekend to dance the night away. After that, we changed clothes, met back up at the Brick House, collectively dominated a half gallon of Cookies and Cream ice cream, and headed out to a dark place to look at the stars. It was really cold, and we were really tired, but it was really beautiful.
Brothers. Sisters. Blankets. Half silence, half singing, even though I think we'd all admit our voices were sounding pretty rough that night. And the best and brightest shooting stars you've ever seen, many that left a trail in the pitch black sky. It didn't matter if we were having a conversation, singing a hymn, laughing, or laying there in silence. As soon as we would see one, everyone would scream. It's so amazing! You can't help it.
You can't look at that kind of starry sky, filled with meteors flying across it, and not be instantly reminded of how small you are, and how wonderful that is. You can't look at that and not worship. Probably why the spontaneous singing of How Great Thou Art happened, along with various other songs. We didn't really know how to respond, laying there all together on the dock staring at the beauty. Singing seemed like a good idea. So someone started and the rest of us just sort of went for it.
This is the first time I had ever experienced a meteor shower, but it definitely won't be the last. I'm waking up in the middle of the night for these things for the rest of my life! You should absolutely do the same. The cold and the tired is worth it. Very much so.
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