my sun

I said good-bye to my sun. Yes, it is mine. I love the sun. It is beautiful, it makes everything glow and shines so bright I can't help but smile. As I drove for three days it shined as if to say here is your last dose. It was gorgeous, the sunsets were perfect....even if directly into my eyes. As we passed into Oregon you could see the gloom ahead. I tried to fool myself by saying it was forest fires. I actually said good-bye. As best as I could I looked at it disappearing into the faint clouds leading to the mountains. After the mountains and just in time for sunset I got to see her one last time in all her orange glory. Surprisingly she showed up the next day in Washington as if to tease or to say I will be here once in a while. But a new sun shines in my life today. It will take her place I am afraid. This sun makes me laugh and smile and wonder how I lived without this sun before. Instead of one door closing and another opening I shall say "As one sun quits shining the new one has just begun". And it is bright and will fill my everyday with happiness. I am greatful that God knows what I need and has made sure that no mater where I am he will shine the sun on me in one way or another. November the 2nd is the day my sun really started shining and never in my life would I have thought that it would have been brighter than any other.