Towards Bluer Skies

Candy: As we headed south today, an interesting thing happened.

The skies in northern Ohio were completely filled with gray clouds, but as we approached the central part of the state, we began to see small patches of blue sky between clouds that were beginning to be less gray and more white. The further we drove, the fewer clouds there were, and by around 4pm the skies were completely free of clouds and we were no longer in the state of Ohio.

We were also no longer in the same mental state.

I thought about how we had just witnessed a metaphor that describes our lives at this point. The more we began to raise our heads and look around, the clearer the skies became. The more we were bathed in the sunshine, the more aware we became of the brilliant blue of the sky.

This has been a difficult period of time for us in our professional lives. We let it affect our personal lives, too, but today it occurred to me that if we just raise our heads, change our perspective, and look around us, the skies are blue and waiting to be noticed.

The entire day was magical, and the sunset this evening was a perfect finish. The sun became really orange as it began to sink into the western skies, and the soft glow of honeydew melon at the horizon turned first to violet and pastel pink, then deepened into a vibrant orange and yellow.

The colors lingered in the sky for what seemed longer than usual, and then the moon began to rise in the east. It was bathed in the colorful glow of the sunset and hung low on the horizon, gleaming in its full, pale glory. It was spectacular!

As I sit on the porch swing of our KOA Kabin in Bowling Green, Kentucky, it seems fair to say that more blue skies are in the forecast in our lives.

Here's hoping you can look up and see the blue skies around you, too. We're thinking of you and missing those of you we left behind.