How can it be September 1st? Didn’t I just post first day of summer pics and memes on Facebook and Instagram? Well, it seems like I just did. I don’t remember time flying by so quickly when I was younger. In fact, I remember when I used to dream of time going faster – where I could be older …… to drive, to graduate high school, to vote, to get married, to have children, to have a job, and so on and so on. Now, I wish time would slow down just enough for me to … to ….. to take a deep breath and marvel at all God has created each and every day.
Hummmmmm – yeppers! I am guilty. I am guilty of being so busy most days that I do not stop long enough to look up in the sky and look for a cloud formation or a constellation. When the sun comes out after a rain storm – I don’t always take the time to run outside and look for a rainbow. When I see a post on Facebook that there is supposed to be a full moon or a special moon on a specific night – I am guilty of not going outside on those nights to see the moon – to look up and be able to admit that YES – that moon is as spectacular as all the Facebook posts said it would be.
It saddened me to wake up and realize it is September now. When I walked outside this morning and the cool air hit me – it saddened me that the hot, humid summer mornings would be coming to an end soon (yes, I am one of those crazy people that love the hot, humid weather – I love summer!).
The fact that summer literally happened “without me” made me realize that today I would start making a strong – really strong effort to enjoy something “new” each day or something that I would normally take for granted – maybe not just one …. maybe two things – or three …. WOW! How awesome that would be.
So, as I wondered around outside in the cool air this morning I noticed my tomato and pepper plants are still full of veggies – Yay! I trimmed off the dead, dry leaves and watered them all. Then, I noticed the flower pots full of mint julep and spearmint. As a sat down on the patio to trim the plants – the aromatic smell of the mint hit me – I smiled. I carefully trimmed the leaves and rubbed them between my fingers – I cuffed some leaves in my hands and held them to my nose and took deep breaths – awwwwwwwwwwwww –something so simple yet so refreshing! I couldn’t help but smile. Yes, those few moments will stick with me – I smiled – I smiled at the vegetables that were still growing for me to harvest later when summer comes to an official end – I smiled at how well my mint plants did in the ceramic pots – I smiled at the amazing smell of the mints leaves. I smiled because I did it! I enjoyed something “new” today – I took the time to enjoy the plants I had been nurturing for months. I was in my own little world on my patio ….enjoying my own little touch of nature. Yessssssss – I smiled.
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