Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime…

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This summer I’ve given the still limited energy I have to connecting with family in person again…been way too many missed opportunities over the last 2 years between plain old Covid and my long haul Covid. I am happy to finally be able to drive long enough to visit my family on the other side of the state. Last summer I could not.

I am grateful for the progress I have been making towards wellness.

This long haul sure is just that. My normal life stopped rather abruptly in March of 2021. And, yet after all this time I still can do only a fraction of what my good old typical day once consisted of…but that fraction has grown a bit larger and I am most thankful too!

It’s interesting the many things I once so easily took for granted: spending time with family and friends, being able to easily work out in my flower beds—my garden therapy, walking for miles, needing only 8 hours of sleep, completing what I needed and wanted to in any given day, working in my profession—my life calling.

I do have hope for the future and a clearer appreciation for that which is important to me.

Every now and then when I get down about all that has been lost I pause and recall where I was a year ago and the gains I’ve made since then. And take a deep breath to appreciate all that is here in front of me…a sweet kitty, a lovely breeze with trees dancing in it, happy chirping birds flying about, the bright warm sunshine…this is the moment I am in, the here and now… it is what is!

The here and now is a lovely place to be!

What is in front of you in this very moment to appreciate?