the weather's been getting chilly here, and although autumn is an amazing time of year, i can't help but feel sad about summer's end. it's like an old friend has come to stay, and the reunion is so sweet that you forget that they're only visiting. and when it's time for them to leave, it's just as painful as the last time they left. it never gets easier. the end of summer will never get any easier for me.
and i'm not gonna lie, it's been tough. back in may when i graduated, the promise of an adventurous summer kept me hopeful. but now that the air is cold and summer is fading, it's harder to stay positive about all this change. my classmates have all left for college. in a new town, with new people. and yet i'm the one who feels alone.
as bleak as it may sound, God has shown His love for me in little ways. one of my friends just returned from a trip to ireland. She brought me back a claddagh ring--from ireland. how legit is that? i was so touched that she thought of me enough to bring me back such a thoughtful and beautiful gift, especially since i take such pride in my irish heritage. i wear it every day and every time i see it i think of her. i'm so incredibly thankful to have her as a gap year buddy.
it is then that i realize summer isn't a season. summer is a feeling; it's a state of mind. and just because the season of summer is over doesn't mean that the feeling has to be over, too.
the weather's getting chilly here, but i'm slowly becoming okay with it. i feel excitement in the cold. i see adventure in the turning leaves. i hear promise in the whistling wind. because when i realize that life is changing, and my old friends have gone their separate ways, and i don't have new classes to look forward to, it's not the end of summer. it's the beginning of a new adventure.
here's to new adventures.
xoxo,
kate
