Speaking of Fall...

Labor Day has come and gone. Schools have all begun. I guess some folks are clinging to the last gasp of Summer 2007, but I feel a little exhilarated at the thoughts of "autumn." It's my favorite time of year and I always get so excited when I get the first hint of "the smell" that comes with the month of September.
Life is busy, as those of you who read regularly know. Summer was basically a blur, but I am thankful and grateful for each and every day. (Maybe a little tiny bit less grateful for those 98 degree days!)
Routines begin again in the fall of the year. Families have to get the kids back in the groove of going to bed and getting up early. Everything becomes geared toward structure, as opposed to the free wheeling days of summer. I remember as a kid absolutely dreading the last few days of summer because I knew the routine would change. But, after a couple of weeks, everyone was back on track and before you knew it, there was just a blink until the year ended.
This is Marah's senior year of college. I was thinking about that this morning and wondering where on earth TIME goes? It just keeps moving faster and faster...and we just try to keep up I guess. I think Marah is seeing that we weren't kidding when we told her that "the older you get, the faster time goes by."
Don't we all remember being children and time moved SO slowly that it felt like 5 years between New Year's Day and the next Christmas? I am guessing if I were in that time frame today, I could get a lot done! One year "feeling like" 5 years...wow! That would work for me!
I love this time of year. I love the transition into it. I was thinking about the post I wrote that summer was just arriving. That seems like last week. Everything I knew to be "normal" has changed since that post.
I am glad to see this time of year arrive, no doubt about that. But, I am grateful for all the blessings of this summer. I had a rough summer in terms of being stretched in two hundred different directions. Wayne's injury and the surgery to repair his leg thereafter, then Frieda having a stroke added a certainly degree of surrealism to the whole summer. But, we all survived. We made it and we will enter Autumn 2007 with a feeling of gratitude and thanksgiving.
Speaking of Thanksgiving....it won't be long folks! I think I'm catching a little whiff of turkey and dressing right now!
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