Sweet summer time...

summer has officially started.  but it doesnt really feel like it, yet.   maybe its because i've been back to nashville five times since i "left" for summer.  but i like it there, and it feels more like home than franklin, so i dont really mind.  and now that i'm going to be taking a class everyday for the entire month of june, i wonder when it will feel like i have a break?  maybe when i go to the beach, and see the entire family.  so many people who love each other in one place! it makes me sad that families dont all live in the same towns anymore.  whoo hoo for progress and all, but i bet the days when families lived in the same community for generations was wonderful.  you would never have to go very far for a hug when you'd had a hard day, which in my opinion is always a good thing.

when you are in college, summer is such a funny time.  we look forward to it, and yet when it comes and we have time to relax and just be, all of the people we want to spend time with are gone.  and we ourselves are in these places that may have once been familiar, be we have put so much time and effort into building new lives and new families at school that our homes, those places our parents live, are just that: the places our parents live.  because we dont live there.  nine out of twelve months are spent somewhere else.  but those places, those homes, offer so much sanctuary.  its restful, like being on a vacation.  but kind of like being on vacation by yourself, because the people you share the house with have lives that they are living and dont stop just because you are home for three months.  and i think thats good.   going somewhere where life is continual and you are the interruption is a humbling relief.  summer is this time to step away from the routine of life and reevaluate things.  important things, like relationships, goals, and yourself.  it's also an opportunity to explore new things you normally dont think you have time for and pursue things you've been putting off, like reading books or learning new things.  

so much possibility and potential.  i love it!