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10 at the End – August

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Simple August joys and gratitude this month…  

1. Outdoor summer grilling🥩🍔.

2. Spent a fun afternoon catching up with friends I hadn’t seen in seven years. Relationships surrounding our kids’ sports changed when they all attended different universities.

3. Celebrating my husband’s birthday with our young adult children🎂. 

4. The power went off (on a sunny morning, unrelated to weather). The quiet hum of the central air conditioning, the clothes dryer, air purifier…all precipitously stopped. Absolute silence. A gift of tranquility. 

5. No travel. Another welcome form of peace this month🕊️. 

6. Thankful for friends who genuinely pray for my family. Treasures. 

7. A much-needed rain storm☔️. 

8. First 47° morning requiring a cute jacket. Fun now after a stretch of 90° weeks. Dread the heavy coats needed all winter…

9. Stopped walking at my usual fast pace at the park. Sat on a bench and stared at the water…for a long time. Pretty sure that was more beneficial that particular day than huffing trails, doing laps.

10. I am thankful for you! I appreciate your visit and reading my post today. Enjoy your Labor Day💕. 

Featured photo: mine

41 responses to “10 at the End – August”

  1. balladeer Avatar
    balladeer

    Happy Labor Day to you, too!

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Thank you so much! Hope yours is off to a great start!

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  2. Hazel Avatar
    Hazel

    Sitting at the bench, staring at the water and that beautiful sky is such bliss! I love it, Mama. Stay grateful!

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Being near the water is restful and restorative. Thank you for your lovely comment and have a peaceful day!🕊️

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      1. Hazel Avatar
        Hazel

        My pleasure, Mama and thank you, too

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  3. masgautsen Avatar
    masgautsen

    Sounds like a good month for the most part. Love the photo

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      The photo was taken at the same park I reference in my gratitude. I can catch some lovely sunsets there. Thank you and wishing you a wonderful September ahead!💕

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  4. Anne Mehrling Avatar
    Anne Mehrling

    Lovely post! I hope you, too, have a wonderful Labor Day. The neighbors are coming to my porch, and it will be a fun group of nine people.

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Thank you for the nice wishes, Anne! Enjoy your holiday with the amazing neighbors!💛

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      1. Anne Mehrling Avatar
        Anne Mehrling

        There were only four of us for the Labor Day cookout, but we felt very close.

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  5. nancyb422 Avatar
    nancyb422

    I enjoyed this!

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      I’m glad, Nancy…Thank you for saying so!💕

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  6. Jeff & Charmé Avatar
    Jeff & Charmé

    Loved all the grateful notations, and the beautiful pic! Nice to wakeup to a breath of fresh air. Thankful for your observence and your thoughtful perspective on daily life in the world God created. Not looking forward to dreary cold winter either…maybe a bright puffy warm new coat is in store for us. 😊

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Shopping for new winter gear does have a way of easing the wintery blow! Thank you for the kind words about my August gratitude. Wishing you a blessed September!☀️

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  7. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    Thanks for the enjoyable August review, MLM! I hope you have a blessed September.

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Thank you for reading, Tom. Wishing you the same…a blessed month ahead!

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      1. Tom Avatar
        Tom

        Thank you!

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  8. Greg Dennison Avatar
    Greg Dennison

    You too! I agree with all of this except 7 and 8.

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      I’m guessing you don’t enjoy weather changes😅 but thank you for reading!

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      1. Greg Dennison Avatar
        Greg Dennison

        I enjoy weather changes when they involve the weather getting warmer and sunnier. I enjoy the slight cool-down that tends to happen around mid-October here. And while I do appreciate the changing of the seasons, I don’t enjoy depressing gray skies, rain that at least twice in the past has leaked into my house and created major home repair hassles, or cold wind that makes my skin crack and bleed.

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        1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
          Mid-Life Mama

          Yikes, no one appreciates leaks. I agree about the gray skies….

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          1. Greg Dennison Avatar
            Greg Dennison

            Right… that was a pain. I have kept my gutters and roof valleys clean, and my trees trimmed, ever since that happened.

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  9. equipsblog Avatar
    equipsblog

    Happy Labor Day, MLM. Gorgeous photo.

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Thank you, Pat! The photo was taken at the same park I reference in #9. Enjoy your day as well!☀️

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      1. equipsblog Avatar
        equipsblog

        Off to feed donkeys and have lunch at Wyant’s store.

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        1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
          Mid-Life Mama

          That sounds like a perfect afternoon💕

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  10. Jacqui Murray Avatar
    Jacqui Murray

    Good list worthy of summer. No home generator? We no longer worry about the foibles of our local electrical grid.

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      We are still in our temporary apt while building a home…we had a generator at our last house and will in the next one. That silence reminded me of how many things give off some buzzing or humming… and we reside in a brand new building!

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  11. utesmile Avatar
    utesmile

    Great August joys and gratitude list! ♥

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      I’m thankful you stopped by to read them, thank you!💛

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  12. JanBeek Avatar
    JanBeek

    Living with an attitude of gratitude 😊 Yay!

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Blessings abound each day💛

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  13. Eugi Avatar
    Eugi

    What a lovely post, and happy belated Labor Day.

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Thank you. I hope yours was a good one!

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      1. Eugi Avatar
        Eugi

        It was, and you’re welcome.

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  14. Awakening Wonders Avatar
    Awakening Wonders

    You sure have savored August’s gifts with a grateful heart!

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Thank you for the kind comment💕. Sweet summer moments are fleeting with our turn of the calendar yesterday!

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  15. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Beautiful post!

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Thank you, Amy! I hope your September is off to a wonderful start!

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  16. lghiggins Avatar
    lghiggins

    Activities are fun, but as you found the absence of some things can be even better!

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    1. Mid-Life Mama Avatar
      Mid-Life Mama

      Amen to that! Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Linda💛.

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