According to the calendar, it is still summer. Summer, according to the astronomical calendar, ends on September 21st this year. But according to the meteorological calendar, summer ended on August 31st. I am going with the latter, and summer is over! There are so many things that happen in summer that I will miss.
I will miss the sounds of summer: birds singing, cicadas humming, wind in the trees and thunderstorms. I will miss watching my plants grow and flower, baby birds being fed by their parents, tree frogs eating moths flying around the security lights on my house. I will miss the smell of the air after a rain, the mimosa trees in bloom and freshly mown grass. I will miss how nice it feels when I walk under a shade tree, when I’m swimming, and extra time outside because the days stay light so much longer. I will miss the taste of my raspberries, blackberries and strawberries that I picked myself. I will miss farm stand corn and snow cones.
In Ecclesiastes 3:1 it says, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." For me, all these things that happen in summer bring me joy. The best I can remember, these things have always brought me joy, even as a child. When experiencing these things, I feel closer to God and imagine that I can hear him reassuring me that he is watching over me (maybe not that time I broke a tooth enjoying a snow cone). I feel at peace with myself.
Even though it is the end of summer, I know that I will find myself once again enjoying fall, as much if not more, than summer. I know that some of the things I enjoy in fall are very similar to summer, and some are the opposite but will still be considered enjoyable: quiet evenings, falling leaves, and apples. I will still find that in the fall, my likes will still make me feel closer to God.
--Tina
P.S. One thing I will not miss about summer is the drought, cracks in the ground and the heat advisories!
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