A Few Weeks Left.....

Can it be true? 

 Can there really only be a few weeks of Summer left?

Today I spent ordering textbooks, book soxs and backpacks........my husband and I discussed the possible chaos of this year's school calendar and all the extra curricular activities that come with it.....

This is definitely a different culture than when I was a child.  I remember having alot more extra time than seems conducive now.  There were many slow days of summer and time for spending with friends, playing in the street and walking to the corner store for candy.....

Time is such a luxury these days, even in the heat of summer....By the time school begins schedules can become so tightly wound its hard to breathe......

I find it hard sometimes to find the balance of it all......Sometimes it just feels so overwhelming trying to keep up with all the responsibilities of motherhood, marriage, work obligations and church commitments....I wish I had more time to see friends and even family.....I wish I had more time to spend focusing on my health and more time to spend with God.

I know, not very far from these fast-moving moments in time, I will look over my shoulder and in the quiet stillness, wonder where it went...this fast-forward life....I will yearningly long for these days that move without pause.....that run on auto-pilot without room for error....

For now I will try and remember to be thankful for just being together.....Someday, my firstborn won't spend his summer's with us, he will have his own home and just visit when time permits....

My sophomore wont need us to walk through his summer school "pace chart" with him because he will be organizing his own life and his own schedule.....

My final child wont need me to take her to riding lessons and doctor appointments because she will be driving herself to see her pony and her doctors.

I will miss these days...

I am so blessed to have this chaos.....

These days are what I have always dreamed of....

I am more blessed than I deserve......