Sunday, February 19, 2012

Orion.

For many years, Orion's Belt has served as a sort of constant: I have often noticed him hovering on the eve of great changes, and times when I need to be reminded that I can find beauty and goodness in every phase of life. My last evening swim in Hawaii before returning to school in chilly Utah; the eve of embarking on an LDS mission to New York City; and last weekend. He again hovered over us in our very big, very great state of Texas. Beneath that rhinestone cosmic cowboy, this Downs family did find beauty: we went for our first ever family campout in the wilderness! Never mind the fact that we had an electricity outlet, wi-fi, and the hum of the highway in the background; for all intents and purposes, we were in the great outdoors. And we were happy.