Down Time & Wholeness.

I would be lying if I said this whole blogspot ordeal was completely new. I've had this thing for over a year and a half now yet always manage to write in it once or twice, slack, forget about it, and 6 months later randomly remember that I have completely abandoned this thing. But for now, (at least I'm hoping) to keep this up!

I realized looking ahead and in the present moment, it seems as if things will never change, or as if they are doing so at such a slow pace. Yet, when looking back in the rear view, everything has changed drastically just within a couple of weeks! I'm hoping to capture where and when exactly these changes take place :). We will see.

This weekend my brother came down from Atlanta and luckily I had it all off from work. I cannot describe to you the fulfillment, the complete wholeness that I feel when all of my family is together. It's such a good feeling. Even when one person is missing, it doesn't feel quite complete. It's awesome. I thank God for this weekend, I needed it!

This week is the start of a lot of my own time, down time. Everyone is starting back to full time work or school, and lucky me I don't start back classes until October 1st :), although I do still have my job. At first I got somewhat sad thinking how summer is coming to a complete close, after all summer isn't the same without friends and family. Yet, I now have more than enough time to do the things I need & want to do. I can now finish reading all the books that I have began, more time for painting, more time for writing, and more time for reflection. There are some things I need to get together, some things I have to do for myself and hopefully this time will be perfect for just that :)