Soaking It In

Full disclosure: This photo was taken much later than I usually take them, but we had a package to ship off this morning, and four littles to get ready for a poolside birthday party, and my morning just seemed to get away from me. It happens! It’s my photo project. I’ve decided to let it slide this time. Next time I’ll be in real trouble though.

As much as I talk about being ready for Autumn already, and as much fun as I’m having pulling out the decor, my Mama’s Heart is still soaking up the last little bits of Summer. Much like my morning today, I feel like Summer somehow got away from me. I started the season with all of these grand plans and goals, and I don’t think we managed half of them. Pool days have been rained out or skipped, we haven’t made it to a single story time at the library, there have been no great adventures planned out for my children, nothing has been tie-dyed, and we didn’t even make it home for a visit this year. The best I can say for this summer is that we survived, and that honestly has me feeling pretty crappy today. 

It’s not over yet, though. It’s still 85° out there. We’re still in flip flops and shorts. There is still time to toast some s’mores, make home-made lemonade, and dance under the stars as they flicker to life in the evening sky. Not all memories are going to be of some grand adventure that I kill myself planning. The best memories are going to come from Shark Week Camp Outs in the living room, colorful back porches, and baby toes splashing in the pool. So I’ll spend the next few weeks soaking up the small moments, and the weeks following that planning Halloween costumes and sewing Fall bonnets. I will try to show myself a little grace, and end Summer 2019 filled and content with the things we did do and at peace with the things we didn’t. 

It doesn’t have to be perfect to be perfect.