Full moon
NS September 15th, 2008
Every night before bed, The Noble Child and her father search the nighttime sky for the moon. Often, it is obscured by cloud cover and/or the large tree towards the back of our property and she says in disappointment each night “Can’t find moon” in a sad voice and with her palms facing up in a gesture of helplessness. Every night, her father reassures her that it’s there somewhere and they bid it goodnight.
Tonight (finally, tonight) it glows brightly, round and perfect — a full moon. The lunar goddesses have smiled upon us at last. Unfortunately, TNC had already fallen asleep when the sky finally darkened enough for its silver beauty to appear like a softly focused beacon to heaven. The Noble Husband wistfully looked at it from an upstairs window and said he couldn’t bear to have his little girl miss such a special moment. So he opened her door, gently roused her from her peaceful slumber and carried her to the window to see. That beautiful orb, eluding her and teasing her for weeks now, glowed softly upon her sleepy cheeks and glistening, dewy eyes. She popped her thumb in her mouth, leaned her head on her father’s shoulder and looked at it in wonder. I stood a bit behind, letting them have their special father-daughter moment. It gave me just as much joy to watch them together as it would’ve to hold her in my arms myself.
TNH kissed her on the face, told her she was as beautiful as the moon and laid her gently back in bed. The door clicked shut and she sighed as she drifted back off to sleep, her dreams sure to be full of the wonders of the night sky. We smiled at each other and hugged, not saying a word. Some moments just don’t need them.
