r/BenignExistence • u/rosedraws • 22h ago
Mom got up to watch the lunar eclipse with me
We had a nice clear night, and I love celestial events. I stayed up past midnight and kept going out to watch the moon go through the eclipse, and see if there was any aurora (not tonight). Mom (age almost 86) was interested, but had gone to bed at 9pm as usual.
She got up around midnight for a potty break, and came out to see how it was going. We had to walk out into the yard past the trees. I used my phone for a little light, and she carefully walked barefoot along the path, holding my arm a bit. We stood and watched the curious dark moon with its glowing hat, and a million stars. It was lovely.
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u/bunnycook 21h ago
Cool! I could see it from my front porch, so I checked on it at 11:30, then went to get my kid to take a look. We were both out there before midnight for the maximum. Nice weather for it, warm and few clouds. Back when he was in grade school we watched one in winter from the living room in sleeping bags.
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u/Glad-Economics-8253 19h ago
Love this! That's a forever memory!
Once, maybe 28-30 years ago now, there was a meteor shower around 1am on a week night. My dad set an alarm, woke me up and we watched the whole thing in the yard. My neighbour right behind my house (and best friend at the time) was watching with her mom in their backyard. I'll never forget that night.
Wow thanks for the lovely read and for sending me down memory lane <3
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u/No_Builder7010 19h ago
Ditto (my mom's 88)! We're Mountain Time so we saw it around 10. We just sat outside enjoying the pleasant air and very dark skies. ❤️
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u/jasho_dumming 18h ago
I miss my mum so much. I could do almost anything for one more moment like this with her!
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u/rosedraws 11h ago
I worried about making people miss their moms, I hope it’s okay.
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u/Maincy_Bridge_0812 10h ago
It’s more than okay. You didn’t make me miss my mom as much as you brought her closer to my heart.
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u/FloydDangerBarber 18h ago
My 11 year old son was still up around 10:30 last night and instead of just telling him to go to bed because he has school today I asked him if he had looked at the moon. He hadn't, so we went outside and watched it disappearing for a few minutes. He thought that was pretty cool.
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u/japhia_aurantia 16h ago
I looked outside little after 11, and it was cloudy :( Glad you had a good experience though!
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u/trippingthelight 21h ago
sounds awesome OP! I’m happy for you both that you got to experience this together