The final countdown has begun as we will be at the airport in less than 24 hours. Taylor will be doing his final packing today and saying goodbye to a few friends who are still around.
last dinner on the porch on Monday night for a while
last haircut for a while
This was our recipe list of things to make this summer,
and we crossed off the bagels yesterday...
(and yes, we did make lemoncello/limoncello for Anna when she brought back lemons from her trip to CA so that she could save it and have it for her 21st birthday in November!)
This is an AMAZINGLY easy and delicious recipe-- just 4 ingredients!
and a timely podcast I listened to yesterday with Kate Bowler and Lisa Damour
that closed with this beautiful blessing:
A blessing for parents of teenagers, or just those who love teenagers.
Bless you who love a teenager, you whose worries about them keep you up at night wondering if you’re doing it right, if they’re going to be okay. If you overreacted or under reacted. If you’re going to make it through tomorrow without losing it, or how you have to have that hard conversation without them shutting down or shutting you out. Bless you in this hard, beautiful work. In those moments of big feelings, may you remember to take a beat and offer a “If I was in your shoes, I’d feel the same way.” Even when you’re tempted to give them advice or to solve their problems for them, or to offer how they could have maybe avoided that problem in the first place. Bless you in your restraint. And may your constant love relieve their fears. And yours. May laughter and joy fill your home, fueling even the hardest of moments or most difficult of conversations. And bless all of you who wish you could have gotten this kind of parenting. And bless you who want to do it differently even when it’s imperfect.
-Kate Bowler
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