I never welcome the end of summer. Over the years summer has become my favorite season. I don't mind the heat...especially since I am usually freezing the rest of the year. There are so many things I love about summer....the more relaxed schedule, warmer climate, an abundance of light, vacations....wherever they may be, days at the beach. It is a break from the usual routine of life. A time where my spirits recharge and I am renewed and begin to find the parts of myself that somehow got lost through out the year.
As I look back on this summer, I am even more reluctant to bid it farewell. It was a good summer and held so many people and experiences that I treasure and these memories will keep my spirits warm through the change of seasons...until we meet again....summer and I. This summer was full of so many gifts to us. I am so thankful for each one; a graduation, a visit to dear family, hot air balloons, extended family bonding and accomplishment, new experiences, fresh starts,new and beloved friends, old and beloved friends, heroes, game nights, scavenger hunts, brownie bake offs, Fizzy Wizzbangs, staying up all night to get lucky....or not, tie-dye, the zoo, the beach, family time together, laughter, exhaustion, a full house, a drivers license, a new job and apartment, s'mores with friends (no matter how you pronounce it, always a good time), moving days, new beginnings.... My heart is full as I think of all the people that made our summer so amazing.
Today, as I wrote this, I sat here mourning the loss of it all, dreading the sound of my unwelcome alarm clock tomorrow morning at way too early an hour, regretting 2 week breaks without the break part included... Outside there was heavy rain and loud thunder as if to echo the sentiments in my heart as I bid farewell to my summer. As my thoughts turned to the year ahead, amazingly the sun began to shine brightly. I ran outside and sure enough there was a gorgeous rainbow, a perfect arc, too large to capture with my camera, resting right over our house.
I take that to be a sign, a promise.... that this year will be just as full of love and laughter and blessings as our summer....that the amazing people and the memories we made with them is just the beginning of a wonderful year for all of us.
"Summertime is always the best of what might be."
~ Charles Bowden
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