Thursday, June 9, 2016

Summer Days


June's arrived, and summer's in full swing.  That means more time outdoors, and less time blogging!  We're relishing visits from family, our sweet Jem, and the sunshine (maybe with the exception of B.J., who's working hard in the heat even as I type).  I wrote the poem below at the end of last summer - it came to my mind this morning as I wiped up all the grass and water the kids tracked in when I called them in for lunch. (They'd been "swimming" in the backyard and jumping on the trampoline with the sprinkler.)

May your summer be full of little tastes of God's goodness!
Here's to summer!

Summer 2015


Here’s to summer days,
To long hours of light,
To moments measured in bare feet
And mosquito bites.
To memorizing John 1
And morning devotions from Proverbs,
To waking up to the sunrise
And the airs of the songbirds. 
To sleeping at Grandma’s
And camping with cousins,
To reading and list’ning
To books by the dozens.
To crafting things out of cardboard,
Paper, and wood,
To playing LEGOs and “house”
Whenever we could.
To cutting the grass—
Our own and the neighbors’—
To hours on the trampoline
And sprinkler capers.
Here’s to piano lessons,
Swim lessons, too,
To water fights in the backyard,
And our little blue pool.
To outings at Lake Loveland
And the museum in Denver,
To our backyard view
Of firework splendor.
To every walk
And every bike ride,
To ice cream cones
And eating outside;
To Saturday grilling,
And Sunday dinners with friends,
To time spent in the garden,
And the meditations Mom penned. 
To having our groceries delivered
And maps at lunch-time,
To tomatoes, green beans,
And sweet corn subline.
To bruised shins
And skinned knees,
To the buzz of ciacdas
High in the trees.
To the gondolas in Telluride,
The pool in Ouray
To the jeep tour in the mountains
And the campsite at Ridgway.
To every cry of irritation
And every squeal of delight.
To the song of the crickets
At the dawn of the night.
To hazy, still mornings
And sultry afternoons,
To jogging together at sunrise –
All over so soon.
Here’s to summer days,
To hours sprinkled with sun,
To moments measured and treasured
And too quickly gone. 

2 comments:

  1. What a wonderful summer of 2015! Fun activities and lots of treasured memories! Enjoy this summer as well ~ and with baby #7! Thanks for your devotional work and your continued postings! :-)

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