Starting off a new blog with some of my writing...maybe it's garbage, maybe it's just ok.  This little piece was prompted by my frustration with my kiddos during summer vacation.

Longer days

Sticky evenings

Groggy mornings

Coffee iced instead of hot

Grass tracked all through the house

Sweet corn and watermelon

Sparklers and lightning bugs

Bare feet and popsicles

Swimming and floating and sunning

Tan lines and sun-streaked hair

Long shadows and aimless drives

Popcorn and naps on the couch

Lego castles and box forts

Bubbles and hot sidewalks

Cats sleeping flat as pancakes in the shade

Bike rides and ponytails

Windows rolled down

Ditches full of wildflowers

Endless bowls of ice cream

Freckled noses and sunglasses

Carrying played-out children off to their beds.

Listing out all of these blessings definitely helped adjust my attitude!  Off to have one of those endless bowls of ice cream and visit with my worn-out man.  Good night all!