{"id":6635,"date":"2011-07-23T20:32:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T03:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:41:24","slug":"summer-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2011\/07\/23\/summer-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lull of summer has me reading a lot but writing little. This blog has become a pictorial daybook with a few quotes tossed in for spice. Well, I blame the summer, but evidence shows that this is the trend my life has taken for the past year. Somewhere along the way I feel I’ve lost my mind. Not in a mental-illness sense, but more in a “I’m a thinking person who has thoughts about what’s happening in the world and am capable of articulating them.” Yet unfortunately, I feel increasingly removed from it all, and apathetic; I rarely read news or listen to NPR anymore. It didn’t help the other day when I read an article about Sheryl Sandberg<\/a> in the New Yorker. I’m so utterly unaccomplished, my ego tells me. I’m just a mother. Just a housewife (and not an exceptionally good one at that). Just nothing. <\/p>\n

But aren’t we all nothing? Everything changes. Human endeavor fades and is forgotten. Eventually we all end up the same place. And there is freedom in knowing and accepting this. Freedom to pay attention to what matters right now, and to enjoy this moment. That’s my bit of insight for today, because it’s late, and I’ve just finished sweeping, mopping, folding, washing, changing sheets, and pilling the cat. Meanwhile, take a peek at what’s been happening.<\/p>\n

Bean earned her princess bike because she graduated to being a big girl and uses the potty. Pedaling and steering take concentration! <\/p>\n

\"pedaling<\/a><\/div>\n

She also had her first session of swim lessons and loved it, especially her teacher. She’ll have one more week, and then we’ll see.<\/p>\n

\"with<\/a><\/div>\n

I did a lot of cutting, gluing, and tying, but Bean decorated with glitter glue and stickers. It moves beautifully in the slightest breeze. <\/p>\n

\"butterfly<\/a><\/div>\n

We did this craft awhile back, right after 4th of July!<\/p>\n

\"fireworks!\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Bean had me draw the rainbow and face, and she colored the rainbow and decided to use beads for flowers. <\/p>\n

\"happy<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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