this moment {in the downpour}

Joining SouleMama, and many others, in this moment. 

In Amanda's words: "A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember."

Please link to your moment too -- I love to see what you are enjoying this week!

it's all good

Something has been afoot here.  Some shifts, some stresses, some changes, some serious changes, some summer weeks flying by as if they are rushing towards something unseen.  A friend of mine e-mailed yesterday and described this summer as a doozy.  Yes, oh yes, a doozy indeed. 

As these summer weeks have marched along at a fast clip, I've kept wanting to pause it all and plan our dream list.  Brainstorm the must-do's, make a long list with the kids, think big about how to spend our summer days.  But it seems we haven't spent our summer days, they have spent us.  Now all that is left is making peace with it, that our perfect summer alluded us, alluded me.

But then I remember a moment, or a day, or a special little trip and I realize that added together they have made our summer good.  Not perfect, but good.  In a doozyish kind of way.

So I'm keeping the very long to-do list in perspective, thinking of ways to fully enjoy these last weeks of summer, believing that all of the loose ends will twine together beautifully, and remembering a moment, a day, a special trip.  Because really there have been many...

this moment

Joining SouleMama, and many others, in this moment. 

In Amanda's words: "A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember."

Please link to your moment too -- I love to see what you are enjoying this week!