Sauble Beach in September

 

Sauble Beach Sunset, September 3rd, 2024

The end of summer, she came quickly this year. It's always a time for reflection, which for me usually means a balance of melancholy and joy, in perfect flux. Maybe it's the same for you? 

Stuart Little said it best: "Remember your summertimes, sweethearts."

This year, I watched middle-aged parents dropping their first-year students off at U of T (I happened to be walking through campus), and remembered that time of change with a pang. The end of the family unit that was, the first steps into real adulthood for the next generation. 

But what is it that my September holds, this year? Quiet reflection at a friend's cottage in Sauble Beach (on Lake Huron, Ontario side), a look over a manuscript I've been polishing, and thinking about what it means to be part of a family, and to have friends you've known for over 50 years. Honestly, this year I'm just glad to be able to walk the beach without pain!

And oh yes, my son IS going back to university, he's doing a Masters in Engineering, so we're not entirely finished with that time of life. Super proud of him, and realizing that this year for the first time, I don't have to pack him up and drive him. He can do that himself. That's progress, too!

Remember your summertimes, sweethearts.

Another blog post about summer 2022.