Hello friends!! I’m going off the home decor topic today for a little “mom-life” inspiration. While I love all things home and home decor, and creating a home my family will love, to me it means nothing if I don’t have them to share it with. I shared HERE, about how I got invited to contribute to a mommy blog, and I’m happy to say that a year later I’m still loving it! It gives me an outlet to share on more of my day-to-day mom life, and the struggles I face, and encouragement I’ve found in my own motherhood journey. So I’m taking a quick break from sharing about home decor today to share a little bit of my recent mom thoughts with you!
If you are not currently in a motherhood journey, then no worries. I will be back to sharing more home decor stuff next. And if you are looking for home decor inspiration you can check out my most recent Home Tour HERE, or my Summer Patio post HERE, for inspiration on creating an outdoor oasis.
But if you are still here, whether you are currently in the throws of motherhood, or have walked through it, and currently have adult children, than I am going to assume we have more than just home decor in common 🙂
With summer in full swing here, there is one constant thing that is on my mind! 18 summers, and just how fleeting that statement feels. I remember when my kids where babies, and everyone kept telling me how fast it would go by, and thinking “yeah right!”. But once they started school, time really did start to fly.
Our kids are now 8 and 10, and happen to be at their first overnight summer camp this week, and this momma isn’t quite sure what to think. I grew up going to the same summer camp, and have so many fond memories, and as much as I love my kids having something fun to do, the moment they are gone I miss them.
I have learned that if I’m going to be intentional with my kids and my 18 summers with them, then I need to be purposeful in writing down just how we want to spend it. No, I’m not talking about filling up their summer calendar with things to do, but writing things down that I want to embrace. So that when we look back on our 18 summers with them, they memories I have hold true to the goals we have as a family throughout each season of life.
When they were little it was going to the lake as many days as we could. We feel extremely fortunate as a family to be able to stay with my sister and brother-in-law, at his family’s beach house year. We’ve been going since our oldest was only 10 weeks old, and this year we have the newest addition of my niece, making the kid total now 4! My sister and I both love the idea of knowing that our kids are growing up together, with the same traditions of family vacation that we experienced as a kid.
Even if you don’t take the same designated family vacation every year, there is something you can do together every week with little to no cost, to make summer special.
If this resonates with you, the idea of being purposeful, and intentional with the 18 precious summers we have with our kids, or grandkids perhaps, than I encourage you to check out my latest post HERE, where I’m sharing more of my heart, and simple ways to embrace these wonderful summer days together as a family!
Keeping record of 18 summers would be interesting. As the children age they will want to include special friends in activities. Remembering those friends with occasional cards will always keep them active in the children’s lives and maybe into adulthood. I think you have a wonderful plan.
Ohh I love that idea Margaret! That is very special 🙂