It's one of those sultry summer nights that you hear about in country songs and read about in books. I love it. I feel like I'm in Manitoba again.
It's warm in the house to be sure, I just had a cold-ish shower, and have one of those big square fans that sounds like a helicopter propped up in my window. Growing up on the farm I remember how mom would work at keeping the house cool, all the curtains were drawn, and she'd constantly check the the inside and outside temperature in the evening so the moment they were the same everything was thrown open and the fans were going. I used to talk into the fan. Back in the day we didn't all have a WII or whatever else so we had to entertain ourselves!
Oh how I love a hot summer! I love the endless summer days filled with blue skies, laughing kids running through sprinklers. I love the evening walks with the dog, the sounds and smells of lawn mowing, and those crazy thundershowers that spring up after a few hot days.
Nights like this get my creative juices flowing. They seem like the perfect backdrop for a story. I like to write I've always thought it would be great to write a book but as anyone who knows me can tell you I don't have a whole lot of patience and book writing is patient work.
My last two summers have sucked, to put it mildly. I was dealing with too much, physically, spiritually and emotionally. In some ways I feel I've been set free from some of that and thank the good Lord He's giving us lovely sunny weather to boot. By no means have I completely healed but then, I'm not sure I ever shall, and I'm learning to accept that and strangely that is my healing.
Well reading back I'm not sure what my 'life lesson' was this blog post but I'm cheery and I hope you'll all find that contagious! I hope your summer is bringing you the energy and rejuvenation you need too.
Enjoy the heat wave!
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
~ Proverbs 4:18
