This August the kids and I were lucky enough to enjoy four weeks at our family beach house in Maine. (Andrew, poor guy with a "normal" job, enjoyed 2 weeks.) I started the month feeling a little bit guilty that I was doing no "work" except for menu planning and grocery shopping- but then I realized that I was taking a month of Sabbath time. I was enjoying the fruits of my labor over the year and just being. Being a mom, being a daughter, being someone who floats around in the ocean thinking about nothing. It was heavenly.
And now we are home, it's September 1st and school starts next week. It's not so heavenly around here, just now. But that's the point of the Sabbath- to soak in some sunshine and peace to last through the back to school shopping and the endless whining over summer homework and screen time.
This was August:
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| on the road |
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| can't get a better view |
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| sand castle # 1 |
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| sand castle # 2, a prize winner! |
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| candlepin bowling = harder than regular bowling |
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| the fireman's slide, aka, "slip and slide" |
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| sailing cove |
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| sailing race |
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| swimming hole jumping |
We are very, very blessed.
Let's hope that feeling lasts through my morning trip to pick up school supplies.
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