There has been too much darkness in my life lately, and I've finally said, "ENOUGH!" This is why I've decided to start this blog. It's time to explore the brighter side of life. Are you game? If you come along on this wagon ride with me, I promise to share uplifting snippets of my day and anything that brings a smile to my face. It may be spiritual (as I am on a quest), funny, heartwarming, cute and fuzzy, colorful, artsy, or downright nutritious and good for your soul as well as your body. They might also just make you pause on occasion and think about a deep subject or think of something in a new light.

This morning, a glance up at the sky touched me:

I'm not one to gaze up at the clouds while walking my kid to school. (That's a good way to trip and fall on your face in front of a whole lot of snickering elementary kids.) However, on this mostly sunny morning, I happened to glance up and do a double take. There was a configuration of clouds to the immediate southwest that was so beautiful and unexpected, I wish that I had my camera with me to photograph it. The image was of a woman with her hands clasped in front of her, praying. Directly below, as if flying in tandem with her, was the image of an angel. The scene appeared to be a mother and an angel-child. I pointed it out to the kids that I was walking with, and they clearly saw it too, without any hesitation. I promise that this type of celestial image was not something that I was looking for and I really had nothing on my mind that morning other than getting my child safely to school, so I could return to my cup of coffee and the newspaper before starting my writing tasks for the day. However, my heart has been so heavy these last few days after the discovery of 10-yr. old, Jessica Ridgeway's body in a nearby town. Her disappearance on her way to school has made national news, and the killer is still at large. If you believe in signs from heaven, do you think this was a signal to all parents that day to keep their children close and safe?