The Last Word On Nothing

Damn you, carefree summer, for being such a fleeting thing! Trading you in for homework and sports practice and band performances…the season of school and tight schedules can be hard on bodies and souls. Parents may suffer the most, according to Niki Wilson in her lovely post from last September–now part of this special summer Redux Week at LWON. In it she laments watching her feral summer boy scrub the dirt from his nails and head back to school, and looks for ways to keep a pocketful of summer at hand (free time, family, and fun) no matter what the calendar is telling her.