I went to bed early last night exhausted from nights of sleeplessness.  But it was another restless night.  As husband slept, and dog slept I watched the clock.  Finally early morning, maybe 2:30 a.m. or so I got up.  Naturally Katie did too.  And as soon as we ventured out to the living room she starting running around barking.  As I’m shhhhing her, afraid she’d wake up the husband, I turned on the floodlight in the backyard.  There, right near the house was a little rabbit.  A terrified little rabbit looking for somewhere to run.  I turned the light off and tried to distract the Sheltie.

We went out the front door, she sniffing the ground, then wandering around till she found the right spot to do her job.  I sighed as I shivered in my pjs, wondering why I, the only one with a job, was standing outside in the middle of the night waiting for Katie to finish.  Then I urged her back to the house, posted the this mornings wordless Wednesday entry and tried to go back to bed.

Nothing doing.  Katie had to go out AGAIN!  Seems I rushed her inside too soon.  She has a persistent bark that means I’m not going to get away with ignoring her.  So out we went again.  Maybe 2:45 a.m. now.  We wander around until she finds a new perfect spot.  I sigh some more, watching the stars, which were heavy and low in the crystal clear October night.  To me the Big Dipper represents Dad, and Orion’s belt is my Mom.  Mostly because those are the only two constellations I can recognize.  Still, I talk to them regularly while Katie and I are out in the dark.

And then, just as Katie began to do her thing, the biggest, brightest most wonderous shooting star arched across the sky right above me.  It was amazing.  It was beautiful and it shot through the sky for a full second or two.  Katie didn’t notice it.

But I did, and right there hugged my baby-girl for making sure I was outside on a chilly October morning so that I could see such a beautiful thing.

Way to go babe!