Looking out at the constellations, I'm reminded about how much I really liked learning the stories as a kid. Isabel knew a lot about them, too, which is something I would have never known about her until she and Max and Michael came into my life.

I remember thinking about how so many of the constellations were associated with everlasting punishment in some way. Taurus, the bull, is there because Zeus successfully kidnapped Europa while pretending to be a bull and he put the constellation up there as a reminder of his victory which I'm sure Europa was not a fan of.

And then there is the crab (which I looked up when I was in Europe - Peter's sign). Hera sent a crab to try to stop Hercules from defeating the Hydra. When the crab failed, the constellation was put up there to basically rub it in Hera's face (Zeus was not a nice god).

I guess that's why I always liked the Dolphin (other than it's my favourite animal). There was this guy, Airon, who was on a ship and he learned the crew was going to kill him. He plays music to distract the crew and it's so pretty it attracts dolphins. He realizes he might be saved by them if he jumps, so he does and the dolphins bring him home. To commemorate how dolphins always save people, the constellation was put in the sky.

Compared to Cancer and Taurus, it's really small in the sky. It's sort of like how bad things can really over shadow the good stuff. I'm going to try to see the good stuff more, because the good stuff is almost always more important than the bad.