I was still rubbing the sleep out of my eyes when I suddenly remembered the eclipse was going to be at maximum that morning! I got on my phone to Google the time for us. I looked up from my phone to see my mom sitting out front looking up at the sun!
She had ordered some of those special glasses to observe it safely with (of course). So I made sure to bring mine as I grabbed my chair to go join her. Being north Texas we had to find a place out of the wind, but at least there weren’t any clouds!
It was great to share the experience with my mom. Her love of the natural world was an early influence on me. We talked for awhile as the moon slowly traversed across face of the sun.
The daylight was getting dimmer even though it was the middle of a cloudless day. She noticed the local birds were calling out to each like it was getting close to sunset.
Since we sat there for awhile looking up for a few minutes at a time over the span of a couple of hours, we were able to perceive the relative motions of the sun, moon, and earth.
I’m really looking forward to the Total eclipse coming 4/8/24. Hope to see you there!
Sixty years 
Your enthusiasm for the eclipse is infectious. It was a pleasure to share it with you. I hope we can watch the big one together next spring.