Aurora Borealis

There was a book I read when I was little that talked a lot about the northern lights. The main character would ride a polar bear around the tundra and she’d see them. My dad and I read the series together and I loved closing my eyes, letting the beautiful words wash over me.

I’d hoped we could go together one day, but our relationship changed before that could happen.

I got to see the lights anyway. I went to Iceland with one of my best friends, Alicia. She and I were looking forward to them our whole trip - we had even booked an airbnb in a northern town, hoping to see the lights. We didn’t expect to see them from our flat in the middle of downtown Reykjavik!

I still get tearful when I remember watching the green and teal lights waving gently and unknowingly in the dark sky. It was one of the most magical moments of my life.