Distance no longer a factor
April’s full pink super moon occurred on a school night and with the hour distance between me and my granddaughter, we had to compromise for our Walk When the Moon is Full adventure.
Enter FaceTime and a few screenshots.
We spoke about seeing the same moon even though we’re far apart. I walked on our road and she walked around her yard. I showed her the barge on the river and she showed me her tree.
She figured out how to turn the device around to show the moon over her shoulder and I figured out how to take a screen shot without my finger over the lens.
We talked about East and West, why the April moon is called a pink one, and I may have used the words ‘perigee’ and super moon.
I don’t know if any of it sunk in and it’s okay if it didn’t. As long as she felt the connection and the love, that’s all that matters.
Somewhere out there
beneath the pale moonlight,
someone’s thinking of me
and loving me tonight.
And even though I know how
very far apart we are,
it helps to think we might be
wishing on the same bright star.
Song by James Ingram & Linda Ronstadt