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| Earthrise, taken from Apollo 8 astronauts as they circled the moon |
Last
night I went out to a meeting and, as I parked my car, noticed the moon full
and bright in the frosty night.
I
immediately thought of my Dad.
Back
in 1968 I went with him to fetch the Christmas bird from a farm somewhere down
the back lanes of Capel Isaac.
With
the sun setting so early this time of year it can’t have been very late, but
the twelve year old me thought it was; and it felt very exciting.
When
we got back to the car Dad pointed up to the sky and said
“Look Ben. Can you see it? The Apollo 8 rocket going around the moon. See… just by there…”
Of
course I couldn’t, but Dad convinced me that he did.
Whenever
I see a full moon at Christmastime the memory of that girl and her daddy comes
back to me with a smile.
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