...total eclipse...

The sky couldn't have been more clear.

Bright stars, some that I had forgotten existed, burned in the sky as I trudged down the driveway toward our open common area, my eyes, still clouded with sleep, searching the endless black night.

As I entered the clearing, the deep, dark wine colored moon held it's own against such a magnificent sky and I gasped, unexpectedly. I wasn't prepared to be so taken aback.

Within moments, a neighbor joined me, one I had never met before, and we stared in awe together. She began to tell me about the blood moon, that it's red color is because it is reflecting the sunrises and sunsets around the world in that moment.

There's a more scientific reason. You can look it up for yourself, but I've embraced the idea of such staggering beauty being mirrored. Am I a mirror? If so, who am I mirroring? Does my life reflect beauty and love?

I hope so.

My phone's camera snapped away, but there are some things that an iPhone cannot capture. So I stopped and stared, breathing in the moment before it passed.

It was definitely worth the 5:25am alarm...