I Love Summer!

I'm looking out at the ocean right now feeling totally calm and at peace.  Summer has a way of doing that for me.  There is no morning rush to get the kids to school.  There is no rushing to get lunches packed.  There is just no rushing.  

Summer has always given me a chance to enjoy my kids.  I have more time to play with them, more time to listen to their jokes, more time to look at them and just appreciate who they are and where they are in life.  

I know that before long, we will be back in the throes of a busy school year.  We'll be learning new schedules and (ugh!) getting up to the sound of the alarm clock.  The kids will again leave the house in the morning for new experiences in their lives.  They will grow taller and more mature.  And the mommy in me will cry.

But until then, I'll enjoy the soothing sounds of the waves . . . and go boogy boarding with my kids one more time.