The Moon

The moon has been full lately and I love it.  I have gained a greater appreciation of the moon and the "lesser light that rules the night" since moving to our home nearly 6 years ago.  It is dark so we can actually tell that the moon is giving off light, we have shadows from the moon.   I am sure I knew this when I was younger and we played mean games of hide-n-go seek at night, I am certain that the moon was out guiding us especially since we did not get street lights until my 9th grade year.  I also remember taking a night hike during one of your youth conferences and being amazed at how bright it was, but then... I forgot.  We got street lights the city crept closer and the artificial lights got brighter and the moon was forgotten until 6 years ago.  I am amazed time and time again how bright and how much light the moons offers us.  Tuesday night at about 10:00pm (Loren got off late) we had to load our cow to take it to get slaughter and processed.  We like to load  it the night before since it needs to be at location at 6:00AM.  Loren took a flash light with him but he only needed it to latch the trailer, the moon provided us enough light to load the cow and see what we were doing, and again I was amazed.  I don't know why some months the moon seems so much larger  and closer, this is one of those months and I'm glad I have the chance to appreciate that "lesser light."