"... we are always harking back to some occasion which seemed to us to reach perfection, setting that up as a norm, and depreciating all other occasions by comparison. But these other occasions, I now suspect, are often full of their own new blessing, if only we would lay ourselves open to it. " (C. S. Lewis)



Thursday, July 15, 2010

Summer Favorites


Sleeping late

Quenching the heat with a yummy, sweet icy mocha frappe


Watching little hands steal strawberries straight from the garden when they think you are not looking

Snuggling with little bodies to the first season of Gilligan's Island way past bed time (begging for season 2)

Sinking into the coolness of cotton sheets as soft as silk after a long day in the heat

Cheering my favorite soccer team on to a perfect, undefeated season (They came in 1st place at tournament!)

Biting into an iced, cold wedge of watermelon as sweet as candy

Hearing the kids burst into their favorite song in the car and knowing all the words





















Wandering the aisles at the library looking for the perfect book to whisk me away (perhaps to some "uncharted desert isle" - seems to be a theme this summer)

Losing track of time with friends on the patio and deciding to call for pizza

Watching the looks of satisfaction on little faces every time they get a hit

Hunkering down for reading time and relishing in the quieness that falls over the household (Summer reads: The Yearling, The Secret Garden, & Mr. Popper's Penguins)

And my most favorite thing....

Lingering at the beach 'til the light changes

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