Remembering the moon

How could I ever forget the moon and what she looks like?  Not very easy to forget and now that my vision is almost completely gone, I depend very heavily on my memory to keep her astounding beauty alive forever.

As a child I used to always spend endless moments looking up at the moon and when I went to Britain to study I used to do this even more.  You see, my dad and I had made a pact and this was what it was.

Dad had told me just before I left home for Britain that whenever I was feeling sad and homesick I should go out there and look up at the moon, if there was one, and as I did so I would think of him and in turn he, too, would be looking up at her and sending me all his love.

And guess what?  It sure worked for me!  I used to spend so many nights just looking up at the moon as the winds blew around me and so many times fat raindrops would be chasing each other as they came directly at my frozen cheeks.

Ah yes, the happy beautiful face of the moon forever imprinted in my mind.

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My first vision of the sun and the moon

Two more memories for me to share with you! My very first memories of being able to see the sun and the moon. What brilliance and what beauty! Things that many would take for granted but for me it was a total treat, a luxury, and keepsakes forever.

It is somewhat difficult for me to put it all into words but I am going to try. The sun in all of its glory: a golden ball of orange at sunrise, a huge blob of yellow at noon, and a gentle pink at sunset. The moon: a big round brilliant light high in the sky, smiling down on me. The moon, silver at times, then I am not sure how else to describe it.

The sun: peeping through the trees, shining down on a blue sea, rising above the horizon, and sinking in the west. The moon: smiling down on me on a moonlit night, a big round face in the night’s sky, and lighting the path in a peaceful park or following me as I walk along a sandy beach.

I can no longer see these two wonders of nature but I can still feel the sun on my face whenever I go outdoors. As for the moon, I have to use my memory and imagination to keep it in my mind forever.

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Daddy I still wish upon the moon

When I was leaving home for the first time to study in England, my dad took me aside and told me this. He told me that if I ever wanted to communicate with him, all I had to do would be to go out at night and look up at the moon and presto! He would be looking up at it, too, and then we would know what each other wanted to say.

Of course, it was Dad’s way of comforting me and trying to squash my fears of leaving home for the first time, but you know what? It worked. On so many cool British nights, there I was standing out in the cool looking up at the moon and talking to my dad. In those days my vision was very limited but I could still see that big round moon. Sometimes it was quite small and at other times it was as big as I wanted it to be. Even when there was no moon on a given night, I would still go out there and pretend that I could see one.

After Dad passed on I continued to do it and even after losing most of my vision over seven years ago, I still do it. It is not too difficult to do. Not as difficult as you may think. I allow my imagination to kick in to high gear and I could still envision the moon and I don’t even have to go outdoors to do it. Ah yes! Daddy, I still wish upon the moon! I know that you also do the same wherever you are.

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