And So It Goes
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
There are thirteen days, four hours and twenty-six minutes until summer ends and school start, in case you were keeping track. Now, don’t get depressed. I am getting depressed enough for the both of us. Back to school time already? How can that be? Where did the summer go?
I had such plans. There were so many things I wanted to do this summer. I wanted to relax and just hang out with my family. Have campfires and catch lightening bugs. I was going to try and make homemade popsicles and the melons I planted in my garden have not been harvested yet.
I was planning on getting the porch painted and the attic cleaned out this summer, neither of which has been accomplished. I wanted to read books with my children sleep out in the tent in the yard and spend time with friends.
And here we are thinking about back to school shopping for pencils, paper and notebooks yet again.
I think time moves faster when summer comes around. Let’s face it. January rolls by like an elephant in quicksand. But summer…summer rolls by like a Cheetah on a roller skates going downhill.
Sorry for the zoo animal analogies, but were supposed to make a trip to the zoo this summer, and that never happened either. Guess the guilt has given me zoo-brain.
No matter how much I may want to, I can’t turn back the clock. I can’t relive my summer and get everything done that I wanted to. I can’t go back and get it right. I wish I could. I would take you with me and we could re-live summer and take the time to truly enjoy ourselves.
Instead, here we are, in the middle of August, on the verge of the first day of school with a to-do list bouncing around in our heads. How many spiral bound notebooks, pencils, crayons and backpacks do we need this year? Who needs new tennis shoes? Who needs a new lunch box?
As a child, I dreaded the back to school rush. I hated feeling pushed with schedules and practices, homework and hassles. As a mom, I feel the same way. With back to school time comes all the ink on our calendars that keep us as busy as the day is long.
Well, maybe it’s time to get back to school. I guess we have done some great things this summer. We traveled with the kiddos to Maine. We visited with friends at Lake Erie and spent hot days at the beach swimming and jumping in the waves. We have had a campfire or two. I have spent time sitting on our porch swing sipping iced tea and talking to someone I love.
I guess it’s just never enough. Never enough time. Never enough summer.
And so it goes. Life does not slow down so we can get it right. We have to do our best with what we have in the moment we are living. No looking back. No regrets.
I would like to inform you that since you have taken the time to read my column, you only have thirteen days. Four hours and sixteen minutes until summer ends.
So take a deep breath, let go of your to-do list and enjoy what you have today whatever that is.
And if you choose to live in the moment, you’ve got plenty of time to make homemade popsicles, pick some melon out of your garden or catch a lightening bug or two.
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Posted by Trish Berg 7:36 AM
Labels: Graphic Publications Column, Joy in the Journey Column, The Bargain Hunter, Wooster Weekly News
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