Total Eclipse 2017

(Did anyone else sing "of the heart!" after reading the title of this post?!)

I was not excited about the eclipse. It's a big responsibility to be in charge of not making a mistake while looking at it and going blind. 

Now let's add three kids into that scenario...AND the responsibility of not letting them make a mistake and go blind too. 

No big deal. Oh, and Mom...you're flying solo today. Dad is at work of course. 

So my plan was to pull Augustine from school so I could be in charge of him, pray like crazy that Lewis would actually have a half way decent listening day, and put Elias down for his nap a 1/2 hour late so he would be sure to sleep through it. 

Everything went pretty well, and I even had a chance to look a few times too. It was a bit cloudy during totality, but it was an amazing sight nonetheless. 

Elias slept right on through it, but still got up at his normal time despite pushing his nap back. 

1/4ish coverage

3/4ish coverage (see the difference in the light?!)




The darkness was so cool! The birds that come out at dusk were flying everywhere, the street lights came on, and some of the church lights too. All the children across the street at the school went silent just before totality, making it a very dramatic moment. Everyone looked at totality in silence. It was so still. 

I was amazed that the second totality was over, our eyes knew it. Even just that first speck of light after totality was too much for the naked eye. (Our neighbors on the corner let us sit with them because our house has too much tree coverage.)

Like I said, Daddy was at work...on the roof on the Newman Center...with dozens of his closest coworkers. 

Totality, 2017 eclipse, Nebraska