Dear Summer 2016,
First off, I want to say thank you for everything. You were fun, hectic, and downright awful at times. But overall, you were a good one.
Summer often has a lot of pressure on it. Pressure to be fun, to be beautiful, to be the best one yet. Surprisingly, you might have truly been one of the best ones yet. I worked too much this summer, and didn't spend nearly enough time doing 'summer-y things' but when do I ever? Thank you for being beautiful and wonderful on the days I did have to enjoy you. Summer flew by much too quickly, as it always does, but it also felt long and drawn out. It was perfect combination. I know we often complain about summer being way too hot, even though we beg for the heat in the dead of winter. But this summer was pretty damn beautiful.
Summer 2016, you taught me a lot about time management, about learning to cram too much work into a small amount of time. You taught me to always make time for my friends, to stop every once in a while and make sure I was enjoying this life.
I think that too often we crave what is gone in the moment. In the winter, we beg for the heat of summer. In the winter we we pray for the relief of the summer sun. We try to grow up too fast, but still miss our childhoods constantly. It's a balance of enjoying what is here now, and wanting what is missing at that instant. We are never satisfied. That is what pushes each and everyone of us to be better, but oftentimes we forget to be in the present. You can still push to be better in the future while enjoying the now. That is what life is all about, right?
I'm sure I will miss you, Summer 2016, as the leaves begin to change and summer clothes go back into the depths of our closets for another trip around the sun. But, right now, I'm ready for you to be over. I'm ready for pretty leaves, and warm scarves, and yes, pumpkin spice lattes. I enjoyed the summer while it was here, but I am ready for the next chapter. Fall, here we come.
Thanks again, Summer 2016. You were a great relief. You were a time to decompress, a time to find ourselves again. See you soon.
