Reflection of Summer

Well, that was a long break from the blogging world.  Basically what happened was life. So much has happened since the last time I wrote.
Some good stuff, some bad stuff- but "life" stuff all the same.


Today I had my first PSL of the season, which (for me) marks the beginning of the end of summer and the beginning of my most favorite season, fall. I am not sad to see this summer go.  I used to love summer when I was a kid.  Summer meant freedom and fun and doing all the fun stuff we couldn't do during the school year. It meant waking up whenever, eating lunch at 10:30, swimming, being creative, being a kid.  I know that growing up means that summers have to change, and that summers no longer mean absolute and total freedom.  I guess, I just have to get used to that.  However, even taking that into consideration, this summer was one of those eras in your life that test your metal. Like I said, I'm not sorry to see this summer go.


That being said, there is one thing that I really learned this summer - one thing that made the summer realllllllly worth it. I am constantly reminded and am constantly reaffirmed in my husband's love for me - and my love for him.  No matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, I am always in awe of my husband's love for me.  Looking back, his love out-shined the sun.... camping in an airfield where he bundled me up in a poncho and aluminum foil blanket. He gave me his hat.  At one point in the night, there was a freak thunderstorm and I thought we were going to be electrocuted or blown away in the windstorm.  I thought to myself, "Well, If I'm going to die here, at least I'm huddled up next to my Dana."  But when the morning dawn broke, I thought, "We made it!"  And somehow, some way, we were stronger as a couple for having braved that night... that week.... that trip.


Other summer events: a 13-hour trip to Long Island - Laughing nearly the whole way, singing songs at the top of our lungs, laughing at silly stories, reading out loud, sharing a banana split.
Multiple trips to the zoo to plan for amazing race.  Those first planning trips were amazing - whole days spent just the two of us, slowly wandering around the zoo, learning facts about animals, strolling hand in hand, being creative with the photography and the planning, hanging upside down in the tree.


Our movie date to see "Water for Elephants" - buying popcorn and icees to somehow justify spending $20 on tickets in the first place.


Maybe..... just maybe.... maybe this summer wasn't as bad as I originally thought. Maybe my sweet Love has given meaning to all the trials and tribulations of this summer.  He is my rock.