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14 more days

We have 14 more days until school starts.
The unofficial end of summer.
We are eager and excited about this upcoming school year.
And at the same time we are also eager to squeeze out every last little shining bit of summer vacation.
Last evening the children held an impromptu softball game in the back yard. My three plus their dear friend and his dad from across the street. One base was a sand pail, another my foam gardening kneeling pad, and yet another the squashed-flat bottom basin to a plastic flower pot. The two dads played the field as the kiddos took turns batting and running the bases. I weeded the garden as I watched and listened and soaked in the moment.
The children were all barefoot and filthy.
And laughing like hyenas.
It is in these moments that family is built- the ease of being together. The joy of living in the moment. The simple familiar-ness of it all.
Oh, such sweet contentment.

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5:01 PM, 2008-Aug-20 .. Posted by gilsanla

Sounds lovely, and when we were kids weren't some of the best times also the filthiest. I know it was for us growing up.