The other morning I vividly recalled a precious moment from
when my son oldest son was five and his younger brother was three. We sat on
the ground in the park watching the fireworks. I had one sweet angel in my lap
and the other tucked under my arm. Beneath the bursting sounds of the
fireworks, I heard my five year old begin singing, quickly joined by his
younger brother. “I’ve seen it raining
fire in the sky…” It was John
Denver’s Rocky Mountain High; they
clearly had an affinity for their mother’s music! This memory was quite timely
as Independence Day will quickly be upon us.
Later that
same day, I walked back out to where I was sitting in the shade with a cup of
Bailey’s and coffee. As I did so, I heard John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High coming from Pandora on my phone, just as he
sang my very favorite line, “talk to God
and listen to the casual reply…..”
Listening
to the casual reply; I hear it in the rustle of the leaves on the trees, in the
way the clouds float across the sky or in the breeze as it touches my skin. Or
I simply feel it in the gentle stirring that speaks to me without words. Such
is communing with Spirit, and in that I find the richness of connectedness,
peace and understanding.
I smiled to
myself as I sat down with my coffee, and thought it interesting that I was
connecting to the lyrics of this specific song twice in one day. And then it
occurred to me— we are leaving for Colorado in about a week!
I’ve never
really been a Colorado girl. New Mexico? Definitely. Arizona and Utah? Absolutely.
But Colorado? Not so much. And you know what? It’s about time I visit that
fourth corner of the Four Corners region.
Thank you, John Denver and Pandora,
for the perfect timing and setting the perfect tone. Or should I just thank
Spirit? Regardless, the message was heard. I will keep my eye out for “raining
fire” in the sky, and will seek the divine in quiet moments surrounded by
nature. And along with that, I have no doubt that the boys and I, along with my
dear friend and her two sons, will create our own special kind of Rocky
Mountain high.
Many Blessings,
