Is Summer Nearly Over

Where has the summer gone? It seems like only yesterday and we were counting down the days until the wedding. And we all know what happens on that day - it goes by in the blink of an eye. And so then I thought I could enjoy August - but that seems to have slipped by as well. Perhaps, it flew by because I was busy with golfing every week; or perhaps I was spending so much time with my beautiful Lyla & handsome Wyatt. These babies have grown and changed so much, every day and I don't and didn't want to miss a day. So I saw them on average 3- 4x a week. Such a lift to a persons soul.
August is more than half over and already the commercials on tv are driving me crazy with the back to school slogans. Jack's granddaughters are looking forward to returning to new schools; old schools but to friends most of all. My nephews in the US don't start until after labour day so they still have a bit of freedom. I just have a short 2 weeks until the conference, to which I'm on the committee will be up and running in Lake Louise. Here Jack gets to come and relax and enjoy one of God's truly majestic places on earth.
But this weekend with a couple of extra days thrown in, we will be out in Kimberly enjoying some hospitality of some dear friends and getting away for a retreat to the end of summer. Or at least I think it will be a retreat...I need to find some books to read. Jack got me to relax yesterday with a variety of movies and pj day (all day). All I had to do was make breakfast and dinner and we snacked and enjoyed funny, serious and "who don'it" kind of flicks. Somehow if the weather isn't good, I can see us doing the same thing in Kimberly.
Regardless of how the summer went, 2010 will be coming to a close very soon. In some way we can reflect back and say it was sad; it was complicated; it was serene; it was breath taking; but most of all it was togetherness. We always come away and say it was our determination as a couple to do things and achieve things - together. I love my life with all the bumps and hiccups along the way and most of all I love my soul mate who is there with me; beside me and most of all respecting me as our journey sometimes goes in many different directions.
Here's to enjoying the last days of the summer of 2010!