the mud

This summer Jay shared a song with his sister and me. It's called Freeze by Kygo. The lyrics say  "I'm watching a star,  million light years away.  I wish I could pause,  and hit replay. ' Cause summers go so fast.  Darlin' can we freeze."   I'll listen to it every day.  Here is my summer playlist this year, a collection I found to get me through, or to let me cry. Hope you enjoy it. Summer 2022 - Letting Go What is getting you through? Or letting you cry? Or lifting you up?

I'm sitting on the beach watching wave after wave come in. And they are so soft, so gentle. A quiet little splash. Not big angry ocean waves like they were a few days ago - those kind that make you step back a bit and wonder if something bad is going to happen. Not today, Satan. These waves are soothing to the eye, to the heart, to the soul. They restore us. Make us see beauty again. I think we are all looking for that.  We've all been hit by waves these last few years. Those kind that knock us to the ground and toss us to and fro. I remember being little, jumping in the "rollies" with my cousins. We could handle that. It was fun. But then that one wave that you had to dive under really quick but it still caught you and threw you and you ended up with water in your nose and all discombobulated and you weren't sure you could hear or see or breathe. You had to go sit down and recover from the shock. Your mother would wrap you in a big sun-warmed beach towel and get