Sunday, August 10, 2008

Blogging without Obligation



I came across this little logo on another blog tonight. I had actually been intending to write a blog about how I was so busy, I didn't have time to really blog...and then I read this. I think sometimes we push ourselves to find things that are blog-worthy just so we don't lose the interest of others. I know I've thought to myself, "I really need to blog again...how long has it been?" But with so many other "real" obligations in life, why do I need yet another one hanging over my head? We are down to countable days before my husband is mobilized for his deployment, and a week before my daughter and I start back to our schools. I'm trying to enjoy this time as much as possible by staying up until the sun has set, sleeping in until the children rise, and doing as many things as we can fit into a day. There is paperwork to sign and file, people to visit, places to go, food to eat...and yet the best time is that spent quietly together as a couple and a family, cuddled in our bed with the world and its problems far away from our sunny summer mornings.

Mondays will be back. Rain and chilly weather will come. There will be a time when there is no one to talk with and my blog may be my best confidante. But until that time comes, the blog will wait, because time will not.

I hope you're all having a good last few weeks of summer...squeeze it all in, wring every last drop from it, and save the light of fireflies in a jar until the time for lighting rows of candles has come again. Shalom!

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