He saw night skies from distant islands, speckled with starlight over dark seas, and he missed his friend, Sebastian. He decided that it was time to return home to find him.
04.13.2021
A few weeks ago, just after the sun had set, I looked out the kitchen window and saw a beautiful pink bank of clouds hovering just over the skyline. Knowing that my almost four year-old daughter would love to see pink clouds, I called out for her to come outside with me to see them. As we walked out onto the deck, we saw a disc of pink rising, with clouds drifting across as it ascended. It was the moon. We watched it come up until it disappeared behind some thick, grey clouds. We then went back inside and got ready for bed. It was a pink bed, in a pink room, and as we got our toothbrushes, she told her mom about the pink clouds.
