Taking a moment to find the magic
"There's a rainbow in the sky all the time, don't be blind." Rainbow in the Sky, Ziggy Marley Even on the dullest of days, weatherwise or emotionally, a rainbow can cheer us up. In Chapter Two of my novel, Split , one of the main characters is pulled from the misery of a rainy day in this way. "The lights changed and he was jostled along with the flock of pedestrians crossing the road, grey normal people going about their grey normal lives, all in a state of denial. He turned a corner and the sun came out, so bright he had to close his eyes. A warm hand touched his own and he yelped. The child couldn't have been more than seven years old. Her dark blonde hair was tied back off her face with a yellow ribbon and her long purple coat, an ill-fitting hand-me-down, almost touched her boots. She beamed at him with sky-blue eyes. "Isn't it beautiful?" "Sorry?" Steve was still kicking himself for crying out like a baby. "Up there." H...