October...

Every since I was in college October has been my favorite month of the year. Many good and special things have happened in October. I first found God in a serious way in October. I sobered up in October. There are special memories with my best friend in October.

There is not an October that goes by that I don' think back to that October in college when he looked into the sky and exclaimed, "look at the October sky"! It was an ultra clear and exquisitely pure blue sky that only October seems to provide. Today I walked up to the corner store and looked into the October sky. Beautiful light blue sky overhead with a cool breeze passing through me. Sunny yet cool. It gets no better than this.

Came home and called my youngest son. He answered the phone. First time in a while we have talked. I miss him terribly. He is growing up and his interests are changing including rather doing things with his friends as opposed to his Dad. I understand but I miss him. We talked for 23 minutes and it was good. Normally any phone conversation between us falls far short of that. A nice relaxed conversation it was and I am grateful for it.

The rest of the day so far includes cleaning, working on a writing course, surfing the net and watching TV.

It is October now. The most magical month of the year and it is nearly over.

But not yet.