Michael and I were on our way home from Bethlehem early evening. We weren't in the car when we first saw it. We were standing next to a cornfield. The sky was a tumble of slate gray clouds with a fat white dollop of cloud on top.
Then, the rainbow, arching over all of it, fully formed, touching down on both ends.
Michael said, "Look honey, a rainbow."
I turned around. First thought, it's a bridge.
ROY G. BIV .... the most famous guy in meteorology. He was waiting for me on a dreary day thirteen years ago. I had prepared a simple meal of spaghetti and we had eaten, while talking about the day's events. Upon finishing, we went to the back deck, which was screened in, allowing us to be "outside" while not getting wet from the lightly falling rain. I remember saying, "Hold on a second", and returning to the interior of the house to get my journal, and to put her favorite song on the CD player. Upon returning to the back deck, I read to her my carefully crafted marriage proposal while her song played in the background, from inside the house. She shed some tears, we sat and thought about our future life together. Finally she said, "I need to tell my grandmother. I want her to be the first to know." The drive was short, but upon coming to rest at a stop sign we look up simultaneously and saw the most vivid and memorable rainbow. "It's a sign", she said. Before that day it never occurred to me. SInce that day, however, I've come to understand ..... it's a sign. Tom Trauschke
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