Summer's Bounty & Loss

 

Lunching at Stanley's with your best friend with respective Barbies in tow....

 

Making homemade sundaes when you should be in bed....

  

Perfecting one's croquet swing at dusk in a swirly frock....

Waiting patiently for a bucket of fresh steamed clams....

Loving thy neighbor for sharing nature's bounty....and agreeing to eat vegetables tonight to make Mom's day....

 

Saying "Goodbye & Safe Passage" to a dear old friend....

"Parting is such sweet sorrow......"

Walking down the aisle for an adored friend and her betrothed....

 

And watching them dance the night away....in the manner of a fox~trot....

 

Understanding why Mommy is so happy this suit still fits her almost 20 years later....

 

One thing I have learned this summer is that one must take whatever joy one can from the present.  That is not to say that we can just go hay~wire and be careless about tomorrow, rather, we have to stop and enjoy the moment....for the moment is just that~ a moment~~which, if un~noticed, un~enjoyed, un~appreciated, can be gone forever....and there are enough things that are "gone" in this world before we are ready to see them go...so hug your Mom, hug your Dad, hug your wife/husband, hug your children, hug your sister/brother, hug your cousin, hug your friend, hug your neighbor, ...because I have friends who, at this moment, would give the rest of their life to, just once more,  hug their wife, mom, and friend...