Stars

#28 Stars

I love stars for many of the same reasons I love fireworks.  I love that we traditionally put them on top of Christmas trees (growing up, we had an elf on top of our tree, so I suppose we were non-traditional in that regard) to remind us of the new star that appeared in the sky the night Jesus was born.  I love going up in the mountains and realizing that our night sky is littered with millions of them but our city life is too bright to see them.  I love the constellations that are created out of the stars.  I have lots of good memories of laying in the backyard and having my mom point out Orion, the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and others.  Can you imagine going out at night and having no stars to twinkle in the distance? That would be a sad, starless existence so I'm really grateful they are always there.