and once again something good ends too soon (or it just took me much too long to appreciate it).

and now something new begins. and this time I hope and focus on appreciating the good from the start. may I embrace the goodness in the people around me before it ends.

may this be a season of taking worthwhile risks I have never taken before. may I do the things I am most afraid of.

may I take what I have learned and share it with others and live it out, yet still be willing and eager to learn all that I can from the people entering my life.

at this point, I can't at all summarize this summer. the combination of an emotional final night and it being 1:30 in the morning makes for far too emotional and unclear thoughts.