Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Fall Days and long winter nights...
Beautiful Fall days have arrived here in the Mountain West. The leaves are a riot of color dotted along the mountain sides and now in my own backyard. Fall is always a very introspective time of year for me. A chance to ponder and re-evaluate my life. It seems that in the thick of it all...I have a tendency to get lost. Swallowed up in life. There is so much it feels like I can't keep up. I look around and see us all running this crazy marathon! Everyone is busy. Too busy. What happened to stopping by and sitting on the porch? Maybe that is just a southern thing... I miss that time in my life, that I could just swing by and visit with a friend or neighbor. Perhaps that time will come again. But for now, my life is kids turning into teenagers. Myself getting older and slower. Sam working and working. And watching another season come and go--from the proverbial front porch of my life. It is passing me by and I can't help but wonder if I am missing it.
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I don't think we're missing it, but I know I have to be careful not to be so task oriented. We have changed our family home evenings into a two part deal which is helping us enjoy the time. Sunday night, we stop for a short spiritual lesson. Then on Monday night, we do something FUN. Before we did it that way, there was too much homework and too much rush and not enough enjoyment. That is helping a ton. I think being conscious of living in the moment is important, even if we forget for a day or two. As long as we keep coming back to that appreciation, we'll get those "soaking it all in" moments that we long for. You are doing just fine my dear. :D Love you. xoxo
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