{"id":1924,"date":"2015-12-26T09:19:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T16:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2023-10-20T11:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T19:47:09","slug":"matt-and-mamas-moon-xmas-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/matt-and-mamas-moon-xmas-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt and Mama&#8217;s Moon &#8211; Xmas 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, December 26th 2015, something rather special happened that I captured on video and I would like to share.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the early morning, 3am PST, after Christmas 2015 and this year was the first Full Moon since 1977.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First of all any Moon, and especially a Full &#8220;Mama&#8217;s Moon&#8221;, is very special for my wife as this is a special\/tangible connection to her wonderful mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/a-beautiful-life\/\">Beverly<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Secondly, the year 1977 was the year my youngest brother and great person, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/robert-matthew-neal\/\">Robert<\/a>,\u00a0was born.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So while this is a particularly emotional time of year of both of us for missing our loved ones, this unusual event brought us even closer together for reflection, appreciation and gratitude. \u00a0Therefore, I wanted to capture the moment digitally on my cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary of the events:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>3am PST photo shoot from my iPhone<\/li>\n<li>Chilly weather but not windy or raining as I head outside to take the photos<\/li>\n<li>The 1+ minute video is me panning across the neighborhood Christmas lights from left-to-right<\/li>\n<li>As I start to pan-up to the Full Moon you can clearly hear the wind pick-up temporarily\n<ul>\n<li>This gave me chills as I clearly felt Bev and Matt&#8217;s presence. \u00a0They were saying &#8220;We&#8217;re okay. Enjoy your time.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Then as I continue to pan across the sky back the the neighborhood lights you can hear the wind die-down<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"matt neal beverly heffington full moon xmas 2015\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSfhcbpJRBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was this timely, yet completely-random, &#8216;gust&#8217; of wind that was truly special and I wanted to share with all of you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg\" alt=\"Merry Christmas From the Neals\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals-768x284.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>-Merry Christmas From the Neal Family<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mama&#8217;s Moon&#8221;, is very special for my wife as this is a special\/tangible connection to her wonderful mother, Beverly.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the year 1977 was the year my youngest brother and great person, Robert, was born.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life_and_family"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg",851,315,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals-300x111.jpg",300,111,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals-768x284.jpg",768,284,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg",851,315,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg",851,315,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg",851,315,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg",210,78,false],"coral-dark-medium-large-2x":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg",851,315,false],"coral-dark-large-2x":["https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Merry-Christmas-From-the-Neals.jpg",851,315,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Kevin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/author\/kneal\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"\"Mama's Moon\", is very special for my wife as this is a special\/tangible connection to her wonderful mother, Beverly. 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