A Recap . . . Life Lately

Summer thus far . . . a list:

• 1 week in Yosemite . . . beautiful, breathtaking, words cannot begin to describe how awesome it was.
• Celebrated both mine and Patrick’s 42nd birthdays.
• 3 days at a church youth conference . . . with 10 teenagers . . . it was great, but I am also keenly aware of the fact that in the world of youth leaders we are in the geriatric category . . . enough said.
• Planning my aunt’s memorial/celebration of life in the midst of everything else.
• 1 amazing life celebration that was all the things . . . exhausting and healing and a huge blessing.
• Getting to spend amazing, quality time, albeit too short, with extended family. We laughed, we cried, and we ate. What more could you want?
• 5 days in Mexico with Patrick to celebrate our 20th anniversary . . . perfect and much needed.
• And home again to all the life things . . . day camps, back to school shopping, laundry, cleaning . . .

Of course, there have been a million other little things in between all the traveling and big events, but you get the gist. It’s been kinda crazy, folks. And it’s hard to believe we’re on the downhill side of summer. My youngest starts school in four weeks, and my oldest starts a few days later. In a lot of ways, I miss the routine, but at the same time, I don’t. I’ve actually found myself more flexible this summer, and I like it. I’m not perfect. I still get my underwear in a bunch from time to time, but if the house doesn’t get cleaned or the laundry doesn’t get done right on schedule, I’ve also realized that life goes on, and we’ll all survive.

I hope everyone is having a great summer. If I have a minute and feel so inclined, I’ll try to hop on here at some point in the next few weeks, but if not, I’ll be back sometime in August. Here’s to the rest of the summer . . . may it be slightly cooler . . . please, Lord, make it cooler . . . and may it be a whole lot of peaceful and relaxing.

I’ll leave you with one of my pics from Yosemite . . . where it was beautiful and cool and not 103 degrees.