Last night I took my son to see Hubble at the Omnimax theater in Portland. It was amazing. At one point we were staring at images 10 frillion* light-years away, we watched stars forming in their embryonic stages, we saw galaxies spread across the universe like legos on my children’s floor. It was amazing and breathtaking. I absolutely loved that the take home message that narrator Leonardo DiCaprio left us with was that the earth is completely unique. We circle one star (the sun) in a galaxy that is filled with billions of stars, in a universe that is filled with billions of galaxies…and yet there is something distinct and unique about earth.

I love that.

As a side note, one of my sons first thoughts after leaving the building was to exclaim “But global warming is washing away our world! Soon all will be desert!” It was nice to see him respond well to my reassuring words of hope for our future. We can make a difference, we can make healthy choices, and our hope is in resurrection not in green technology.

* Frillion might not technically be a number…tbd.