Dog End days of Summer...

this morning i opened my eyes several times before finally placing my feet on  hardwood floors. it was a day to fall back asleep numerous times before rising and now half the day is gone. the locust are belting out their own end of the summer melody and all too soon they will be gone for yet another year. the air condition is on and the house is shut up tight.

Ryan Bingham is blaring on the headphones and the dryer is finishing up a load from late last night.

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today is a day for writing. the words are tumbling through my head and racing to be written down even though there are floors that need to be sweep,  cat hair clumps  lingering in corners, and dirty dishes crammed into the kitchen sink that only seem to bother me as i walk by. no one else in the house seems affected by it. 

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the date on the calendar is forcing me to remember a day coming up 5 years ago. a night so senseless it kept me up till morning grieving for a life lost to unresolved violence and my son's heart breaking.

the first time he had to really feel the loss of someone close to him. that heavy grief feeling that you feel will break you and never pass.

that part of life we hope will never touch us, but knowing it will sooner or later and when it does we cling to our faith and beg God to hold us up and hug us tighter than ever before.

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im aching for Autumn this year. even though summer flew by in a blink of an eye as she always does.

im longing for cool nights under antique quilts and bonfires outside. Scented cinnamon candles and homemade apple pies. walks in crunchy leaves of orange, reds and browns.Im dreaming in color today because my soul feels it.

i want to twirl outside underneath the moon and live in these upcoming autumn days and nights because

im ready

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XOXO