Lightening Bugs!

I was driving to Tennessee tonight and as I was watching the sunset realizing how beautiful it is... it really is one of the beauties of this world that we take for granted and it happens every single day!
After the sun set, the sides of the road were covered in lightening bugs! When I was a little girl, I used to go with Emma and John to our grandparents house during the summer for a visit. Both sets of our grandparents live here in Tennessee. My dad's parents, known as Grandma Rose and Granddaddy, live in the city. Granddaddy passed away a few years ago and Grandma Rose still lives in that house, in fact we are having a garbage sale tomorrow. My mom's parents, known as Grandmommy and Daddy Del, lived outside the city limits heading out of town. It was a small blue house with a wonderful porch and a huge yard (like 1acre). At their house, we used to go outside right after the sun went down and catch as many lightening bugs as we could fit into a jar! Grandmommy would put Aluminum foil on top of the jar and we would get to poke holes in the foil to make sure the lightening bugs could breathe. She would let us put our jars of lightening bugs on the bedside table in our rooms. We would giggle and watch them until we fell asleep. This is one of my favorite memories with my Grandmommy and Daddy Del. I miss my Grandmommy's laugh and also her cooking. I miss my Daddy Del's smile and his singing. I also miss catching lightening bugs! New Goal for the summer: go catch lightening bugs!!

Love!