labor day

I must confess...I'm always a little bit sad about Labor Day when summer begins to fade slowly like a big red sun as it sets in the evening shade. It seems that nothing is the same until May reappears....a long, long time from now. Sure, there is beauty in autumn and fun in winter holidays and freshness in spring, but I do love sunshine. Although I hate being hot, (I get really ill-tempered) bright sunshine brings out the best in me! We had such a good weekend with Whitney, Lindsey and 2 dogs in the house. We spent river time with friends on Pickwick Lake and hated to see the weekend end. Now we move on to the fall activities, i.e. TN football, high school marching band competitions, and it will be no time until it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!! It's amazing how time flies once you're an adult when it once seemed to crawl at a snail's pace when you were a child. Seems like it should just now be spring and I wonder how it will feel to my dear friend Teresa who was in a car accident July 1 and who has not been out of the hospital yet. I am so grateful for her recovery and for the prognosis now that she is in a rehab facility. So today, when I'm a bit blue, I just remember that a) I'm not in a hurricane b)I'm not suffering c) I have the gift of today to do what I choose to do d) I have been blessed with much more than I deserve.