The End of Summer

Summer has been full of so much of the right thing.

Sunshine and much loved people…and, when we were lucky, both at the same time.

We drank in days upon days of family.

With me working from home and my husband off for the summer, it made for a sweet, slow stretch of kayaking and pontooning that stretched on so long, it all–looking back–seems like one beautiful, endless summer day.

There was mountains of quality time both with our two boys and the extended family beyond it.

And we were able to sporadically catch other friends, not hardly ever for as long or as many times as we wanted, but still got the chance to connect in spur of the moment meet-ups between various traveling.

I even re-connected with some awesome and uniquely funny friends I used to work with while waitressing in high school, which–despite the reason we knew each other being a lowly Denny’s restaurant–still ended up being one of the highlights of the summer.

And now, things are folding up again for the fall.

We have a couple more trips, a Labor Day weekend to survive, and then I’ll be back here on this blog–rested and refreshed and thankful for those of you who will keep reading even though I of course spent the whole summer doing exactly what bloggers are not supposed to do: taking time off the blog.

Just so you know, I highly recommend it.

I don’t regret summers with my children for a minute.

But I am looking forward to reconnecting better this fall.

So, please, go and find some goodness over your Labor Day weekend and I’ll see you back here bright and early some time after.