This is a post dedicated to my beautiful grand daughter! Last week I had one of the most unusual and profound moments of my life! It was night fall as my granddaughter and I were siting on the front porch. We were talking and anticipating the coming storm, when she turned to me with those incredible eyes and said Nanny, I need to ride my horses, will you go with me? I have never been able to look in those sad eyes and deny her anything! Later as I was sitting there waiting for her to saddle her horse, I just leaned back and enjoyed the moment and the feel of the wind upon my face. The wind had turned from a sultry humid breeze to a restless cool wind that cooled the skin and brought the cool night air scented with earth and hay! As I looked up, I noticed that the moon was enveloped in a silky curtain of clouds that flitted and flirted across its face casting moonlight in ambiguous patterns of light and dark in every space! With the sound of the Wind as it danced among the trees and as the moonlight played among the shadows, It was as if the horse arena became a surreal stage, an enchanted backdrop with an ambiance of magic and mystery that seemed to fill that place! It was with a strange sense of anticipation that I turned my head as I caught movement from the corner of my eye. Across the arena she came! An ethereal creature with such beauty and grace, who appeared not of this world, time or place! Horse and rider moved as one as they took center stage. The scene evoked a sense of restlessness even as each movement mirrored such beauty and grace! She was alluring yet innocent, with such fluid of motion that it took my breath away! It was as if time stood still as I gazed spellbound, hypnotized...gazing intently at that face! It was hidden in the shadows, framed by long gleaming hair, dark and flowing in the wind....her natural grace and beauty so breathtaking it was palpable upon the night air! This gorgeous creature was fully woman even though an apparent air of innocence was stamped upon her face! Alluringly cloaked in the softness of moonlight and with darkness of shadow she wore an air of mystery that was fascinating and enticing! Who was this fabulous creature upon which I gazed? Bewildered I studied her profile, a silhouette both one that was familiar yet oddly unfamiliar ... one that I instinctively knew I had gazed upon many times before! The memory danced upon the outer edges of mind...teasing and allusive...then she turned that arresting face towards mine! Those incredible green eyes sparkled in the moonlight and my breath caught In my throat as instant recognition flooded my mind ... I had witnessed this scene a thousand times before...in my dreams as vivid and real as it was now being played...This creature had visited me so many times in my visions and my dreams! I had tried to pen her in a book or on paper because she was so alive in my heart and mind! I could never bring to life her essence, her beauty of face and form ... That inner beauty of soul and spirit! In that instant imagination collided with reality. Everything I had ever prayed or dreamed of ... the very essence of her ... was part me, part of my dreams and all that I ever thought I wanted to be ... I had dreamed of her long before she was born, had life or even breathed ... both horse and rider had haunted my dreams, even then I knew she was of another time and place! Illusion met flesh and bone as She came riding my way ... as if she stepped out of the shadows and into the light, she paused before me ... gazing solemnly into my eyes ... face to face ... soul to soul ... a reflection of all that I had ever dreamed ... how could I have not recognized that beautiful face that so haunted my dreams? Why was I to blind to see ... what an incredible gift God had granted me ... this gorgeous creature was me! My beautiful Grand Daughter ... who is the perfect reflection of me! For she is the best of me, my daughter and my mother ... the best of all three! The gift of life ... living on in her to represent all three! I love you forever my beautiful Autie Belle! Whenever the darkness of life threatens to invade ... Ride to feel the wind kiss your face, turn those incredible eyes to the beauty of moon and sky, dance in the moonlight and rejoice in the gift of life and remember me! Always remember just who you are ... that part of you that is part of me ... laugh at all the memories you and I share ... celebrate life ... live it to the fullest for the both of us ... for all three! ...
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:53:54 +0000
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