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Remember when you were a kid and the summer seemed to last forever?  I think back on those lazy summer days, carefree and full of promise of the wonderful adventures I knew would come my way.  Whatever happened to those days?  Here we are, already half-way through June.  In Maine, that means we only have a few weeks left of the summer.  The fourth of July is at the middle point of the summer, and by my birthday at the end of July, summertime is waning and autumn fast approaching.  Life certainly is a vapor and the older I grow, the quicker is seems to speed by.

Busy days lie ahead for my family.  We are preparing for a trip to Boston for Vision Forum’s Reformation 500 at the beginning of July.  This is something we have been excitedly anticipating for quite some time, and I can hardly believe it is almost here.  After that, the remainder of the summer will be filled with many projects such as finishing the barn, tending the garden and animals, berry-picking, jelly-making, canning and preserving, and several more that escape my memory right now. 

Whew!  I love doing all these things, but it leaves me to wonder how on earth anyone has time to sit on a beach with a good book?  I do vaguely remember the days when I was able to do that.  Of course, that was when I had only two little ones and lived in a tiny cabin and had only a dog as a pet.  The dog is still around (though she moves much slower these days), the little ones are much bigger now, and our home is three times the size. 

And life goes on.

Simplifying and savoring the moment while I am in it has become so important to me.  Like the rest of life, summer goes all too quickly and before you know it your baby is getting ready to enter high school.  Much too soon. 

Oh, those busy summer days.