It was the day we spent at the Christian Caves in Cappadocia. There was a moment when I went ahead of my group and did some exploring and hiking on my own. There were all sorts of enormous bolders and caves stacked upon one another. It was late in the afternoon, the sun was starting to go down and I climbed atop a tall rock. There was at least 15 feet between the top of the ledge I settled upon to the paths below. The sprawling, white and golden sand landscape littered with the towers of stone lay out before me. There were no visible human settlements, no signs of condos, cars, or industrialization. It could have been 1500BC and yet here we were in 2014. It was a land untouched by time and human hands, though it was a highly popular tourist destination.
A beautiful and powerful emotion filled me. I remember thanking God for all of the blessings in my life, for giving me the opportunity to see another corner of the world, and for the awe-inspiring beauty of our planet. I could have sat in that spot for hours, watching the sunset roll over the earth paving the way for the starts to emerge. That spot, those hours of twilight that my companions and I spent in that place those are feelings and images that will live forever in my mind as bright and as real as the present.
Again, my dear readers, I could not have made that trip without YOUR help and support. I know I haven't written as much as I used to, but please know that I'm not giving up on this blog and I hope that you don't either. I write to share a moment of peace or two with you. I hope that you are able to glean a little smile or to escape from the troubles of your day with the little blurbs of mine.
Until next time.
Your humblle author,
S. Faxon
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