I am Halfway through this month,
Halfway through my summer,
Halfway through the year,
And, Hopefully, only halfway through my life.
I haven't had much time for steppin out lately.
I have missed time to explore, time for photography, and time to blog.
I seem to be right smack in the middle of everything.
Its not a bad place to be, in fact its been quite good.
But being right in the middle is a very busy place.
Our summer has been filled with lots of living in the middle of family life;
yard work, graduations, babies, beer brewing, building retaining walls,
vistors & vacations, backyard barbeques', beer bottling, and more kids moving,
The best part of living in the middle this year has been my new grandson, Gabe.
I am so thankful he is right here,
in the middle of my lap,
living here in the middle of the Pacific Northwest.
I am also excited to spend more time in the middle of Portland where my sister has a new garden plot in the middle of a neighborhood community garden.
I like being in the middle of a garden.
On occasion I look back on my old blogs just to remember, reflect, and recall what I was in the middle of back when.
I found an old blog from 2007 when I was halfway through July,
halfway through the year,
feeling quite similar to the way I am feeling today.
http://jbrownflash.blogspot.com/2007/07/mid-year-already.html
While a lot has happened in the past 4 years,
a lot remains the same.
I don't mind being halfway.
I don't mind being in the middle of.
Especially when it means I can be in the middle of this very busy,
often times hectic,
and generally quite chaotic life of mine.
I wouldn't know what to do if my life was calm and I was out of the loop*.
So for now I will have to get by on less time for exploring,
less time for photography,
less time for blogging,
and less time for 'steppin out' because I am living in the middle.
* Kids, that was for you!
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