There is an old song - "Try to Remember" - that came to mind today. I thought about it being September 1st - and all that means - and used to mean.
It usually means back to school, end of summer.
54 years ago it meant staying home a semester from BYU to save up to go to France for a Study Abroad. Such a great time in my life. Lots of good memories.
Lots of birthdays - Helen and Eve share one.
Harry shares his day with about 8 other people we know! Must be a good day.
Ella shares a bday with our good friend Sue Cornwall!
And Taylor's is the day before
Summer may be over, but it's still hot. But the days are shorter.
The focus changes even as the leaves do - albeit much more slowly in SoCal than they do elsewhere.
It's time to think about holidays - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.
"Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember and if you remember
then follow
follow."
