Summer 2012 Ending

"And suddenly, this word fills me with a brand of sadness I haven't felt since childhood. The kind of sadness you feel at the end of summer. When the fireflies are gone, the ponds have dried up and the plants are wilted, weary from being so green.” ― Augusten Burroughs ~ I can't believe today is the last of our summer vacation at the beach. Last night before we went to bed, Elliott, who had been excited to go home to play with his playmobil mansion (he even asked to go home earlier in the day so he could play with it), burst into tears crying that he didn't want summer to be over. I am in a state of melancholy. I will not like driving across the bridge this evening and heading home...even though we'll be back (weather permitting) on Thursday to enjoy a long Labor Day Weekend. There are summers that you just want to linger and hold onto and never let go. This was one of them ♥