Sunrise & Promises

I sat on the beach and watched the sunrise this morning. It peeked on the ocean's horizon and slowly the flaming orange ball rose majestically as if from the depths of the sea. Its ascent flooded the land with light and warmth, and I thought along with it came the promise of a new day. Always a new beginning, a chance for a new start, change. Whatever it is you need, you have that promise of another chance with the sunrise.
In Lachlan's book, The Angel and The Highlander, he and Alyce, the heroine, watch the sunrise on a hillside in the Scottish Highlands. They talk and get to know one another and naturally fall in love. He makes her a promise, one that may be more difficult to keep than he realizes, but then there's always sunrise and a chance for new beginnings.