Have you ever seen the old movies where they quickly tear off the months on the calendar to show how long it had been between scenes?  Well, that's how it felt to me this morning as I tore  the month of June off of our calendar as we move into the month of July.  It truly amazes me how fast time is passing and the older I get......the faster time passes.

In just four weeks time we will be in mid-summer!  My granddaughter just got out of school for summer vacation.  Before I know it, she will be back in school and I know we won't have had time to do half of what we had planned with her.

It wasn't always like this.  When I was her age, summer vacation seemed to go on forever.  I lived in an old mill neighborhood that was filled with kids my age.  We played hard from right after breakfast to when the streetlights came on at night, never stopping except for meals.  Gosh, in some ways I miss those carefree times, but....no....I wouldn't want to relive them.  It's much more enjoyable watching Sally live these days for the first time and seeing the delight on her face as she discovers the world around her.

So, here I will pray that time has mercy on this old woman and that the days may linger just a little longer giving me a little more sweetness of a summer that will soon be gone.