Well another summer is coming to an end!
I have to be honest ......I am not crying or fighting it !!
The summer has been beautiful !! In every sense of the word.
The weather has been awesome! I don't think there has been one fun thing canceled due to yucky weather! We've had beach days, park days, bike rides, picnics ..clam cake and chowder nights....plenty of ice-cream!! Along with countless afternoons at Nana&Papa's pool!! We are officially hot-dog and hamburgered out!! I realized that the other night when I had to practically beg my family to eat them...and then had left overs for lunch!
We have had weekends away with friends. weekends away with family! A fun filled week to beautiful Indiana where we stayed with family and are already counting the days when we can return!! We visited the Creation Museum in Kentucky! Driving through states we had never traveled before...taking in the beauty of this great country!!
I have enjoyed the slower pace. The lazy mornings ....with coffee and a good book! Time to do things that schedules don't allow for. I have savored the time with my kids just being mom...not mom with an agenda!! I have loved late nights with my honey ....knowing I could sleep in !! He is a good sport cause he still had to be up at the crack of dawn!!
We have celebrated our 14th anniversary .......the birthday of our first teenager......and my 38th bday!! We are never short on excuses to party here!!
Now the fun is wrapping up..... I know hard work is ahead. Keeping everyone on schedule, keeping myself on schedule, that is truly the challenge !! Making sure that books are being read, math is getting done.......supper is getting cooked because we need to get "here" or "there". Knowing that I may be able to squeak in a lazy morning with my coffee and book........ but our meetings will be infrequent!
I know in about a month I will feel stressed and look back at summer with longing in my heart ........and the counting will begin! How many weeks till winter vacation....spring break..... a long weekend.....isn't summer vacation around the corner ?
But for now "I say bring it on!!" I am ready....my mind is back in schedule mode...and unless its on my list it ain't happening!! I get a little rigid at the beginning :-) I admit it! It's just how I adjust !! But I am breaking out the apple pie recipes ......dreaming of driving through the fall foliage.
See the truth is I really LOVE all the "seasons" of my life !! I am learning to look for all the blessings right where I am today !! Whether I am by the ocean watching my kids romp in the waves.....or helping my 13 year old master a math concept...watching the first snow.........or the anticipation of the first spring flower!
To me it all speaks of a magnificent God who created all the seasons and a time for all things in those seasons!!
My treasures
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Time is flying by !!
Well today I am officially a mother of a teenager!!
How and When did that happen ?
Its seems like yesterday my whole day consisted of changing diapers, staggering feedings, kissing boo-boo's and keeping my sanity !!
Well I am still trying to keep my sanity wholly intact! But my days have changed to say the least!! Now it consists of driving to and from "hang out" times, piano lessons, and a variety of other things ! Instead of staggering feedings I am trying to keep some food in the house, since it all disappears as fast as we buy it !! Diapers are a distant memory....we've moved on to other undergarments !! I think I may be getting a little rusty at kissing boo-boo's BUT there is still no shortage of tears to go around here!! The emotions that float around this house on any given day amazes me! We run the whole gamut with such intensity it is truly a sight to behold.
Its funny how life changes with out you even noticing! One day you are everything to this little one. You hold her hand firmly and guide her every step. Without you she could not eat or have any comfort, she depends on your love to get up with her when she is hungry or sick. And you do so gladly....its that love that keeps you going when the days are endless, and the toys are scattered wall to wall....and the diapers stink, and the dishes are sky high, and the laundry higher still!
Its that same love that wonders how you will make it through the next six years as slowly you loosen that firm grip you have had on her hand. As you watch her step slowly away on her own, making choices, facing challenges and taking chances. As you let that grip that loosen you realize that you are not her EVERYTHING anymore ! Don't get me wrong I am not ready to get demoted yet...I still expect the slot right below God and Daddy . Even still it feels different now. It amazes when I watch her from a distance how much of that little girl is gone, never to be seen again. Replaced by a young woman who is trying so hard to define herself. That is when I know I am still very much needed to reaffirm the gift that she is, the treasure that she was created to be ....who knows that better than the one who has watched her emerge from the safety of my little cocoon ......today she may have her wings but I am still keeping her close by! I still have her safe by the hand.......for a little longer.......working toward the day when she will fly.......
How and When did that happen ?
Its seems like yesterday my whole day consisted of changing diapers, staggering feedings, kissing boo-boo's and keeping my sanity !!
Well I am still trying to keep my sanity wholly intact! But my days have changed to say the least!! Now it consists of driving to and from "hang out" times, piano lessons, and a variety of other things ! Instead of staggering feedings I am trying to keep some food in the house, since it all disappears as fast as we buy it !! Diapers are a distant memory....we've moved on to other undergarments !! I think I may be getting a little rusty at kissing boo-boo's BUT there is still no shortage of tears to go around here!! The emotions that float around this house on any given day amazes me! We run the whole gamut with such intensity it is truly a sight to behold.
Its funny how life changes with out you even noticing! One day you are everything to this little one. You hold her hand firmly and guide her every step. Without you she could not eat or have any comfort, she depends on your love to get up with her when she is hungry or sick. And you do so gladly....its that love that keeps you going when the days are endless, and the toys are scattered wall to wall....and the diapers stink, and the dishes are sky high, and the laundry higher still!
Its that same love that wonders how you will make it through the next six years as slowly you loosen that firm grip you have had on her hand. As you watch her step slowly away on her own, making choices, facing challenges and taking chances. As you let that grip that loosen you realize that you are not her EVERYTHING anymore ! Don't get me wrong I am not ready to get demoted yet...I still expect the slot right below God and Daddy . Even still it feels different now. It amazes when I watch her from a distance how much of that little girl is gone, never to be seen again. Replaced by a young woman who is trying so hard to define herself. That is when I know I am still very much needed to reaffirm the gift that she is, the treasure that she was created to be ....who knows that better than the one who has watched her emerge from the safety of my little cocoon ......today she may have her wings but I am still keeping her close by! I still have her safe by the hand.......for a little longer.......working toward the day when she will fly.......
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