It's the "dog days of summer" and by this time of year, I find myself ready for summer to come to and end, and I long for the cooling days of fall. My yard always looks tired and brown, most roadtrips or vacations come to an end, my girls always seemed to be ready to reconnect with all of their friends, school clothes and supplies are being displayed in the front of the stores, it's too hot to enjoy grilling outdoors, laying in my hammock, or enjoying backyard games. However, since we're still a way off from sweatshirt weather, pumpkins, the changing fall colors, football, and homemade chili, I've decided that the best way to get through these last few weeks of summer is to notice the simple and good things around me. Instead of focusing on how brown my yard is getting, I'm going to focus on the beautiful sweet potato vine that just seems to get a brighter shade of lime green the hotter it gets. I'm going to enjoy the cold glass of iced tea or that lemon-berry slush. I'm going to make a freezer of homemade ice cream, which reminds me of summers growing up. I'm going to notice the beauty in the dragonflies and butterflies that are flitting around my yard each day, and the fireflies that come out at night. I'm going to make sure I take the time to keep driving to the produce stand down the road and enjoy every last bit of watermelon, cantaloupe and tomatoes before the summer crops end. By mid-winter, I'll be craving a homegrown melon or tomato. I'm going to enjoy sleeping in a little later for a few more weeks before school starts, and we have to get back on our morning school routine.
So although I'm still yearning for the first signs of fall, I'll keep appreciating the good things about the last days of summer.
On another note, I am thanking and praising God today for helping me with the worries I mentioned in an earlier post. He always has a way for the solutions to be found.
Today I am grateful for:
1. Blessings and answered prayers.
2. Summer
3. Snowcones, popsicles, slushes and iced tea
