Today

"C'mon Boo boo...we have to watch the sunrise" 
 my son said with great enthusiasm as he burst 
into my room this morning.  I groaned as I turned 
over to look at his face.  

"It's so cold this morning," I thought to myself, 
"I just want to stay in bed for 30 more minutes.  
I wonder if we can see it from my bedroom window" 

All these questions passed from my mind as I saw
the clouds of doubt begin to form on his face.
He thought I wouldn't get up.  

"Okay, go get dressed."   

5 minutes later we stood outside bundled against
the cold, listening to bird song and watching the 
changing light in the sky.  I noticed my breath as 
I stood at the edge of my driveway while he went 
on a little ahead of me.  

No camera or words between us just my son 
and me together in the cold but alone with our 
thoughts as the sun peaked at us between the trees 

He came back to give me a big hug.  
"Thank you for watching this with me.
It was awesome!"  

Yes, yes it was.

"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? "
E.M. Forster