I am counting down the weeks until the cruise that I am going on.
It is something I never thought I would ever get to do but like a lot of things in my life over the past nine months I have been surprised by change. Change in my relationships, change in my circumstances, and most of all, change in me. The season had changed, literally overnight.

All of a sudden life got interesting and fun rather than predictable and tiring. Some of the changes have been hard, some have been delightful, some have been heartbreaking…. and many haven’t even happened yet.

Life is cool like that. You just never know what can happen if you just keep breathing in one more time than you breathe out, you know?

Nine months ago I had several weeks of being suicidal. Where the only reason that I did not go through with my thoughts was the fact that I had children that needed me and my sense of adoration and responsibility toward them. I would never have imagined, on October 24th, that on July 24th I would be cherished, that I would be looking at the best year of my life financially, that I would be traipsing around the Western Caribbean for a week, and that there would be so much laughter in my house. I thought that my life would be endless days of hard work just to keep the kids in clothes and food…

I don’t know why I am taking this route to my thoughts this morning. Maybe someone needs to hear it. Maybe I just needed to say it. Breathe in one more time than you breathe out….. things will get better.

So…. let’s change it up with this week’s Saturday Surfing, shall we? It’s all about summer fruit this week…..

• Lemon Blackberry Turnovers
• Stone Fruit and Almond Crumble
• Blueberry Crumb Pie
• Lavender Cheesecake with Blueberries and Lavender Honey
• Peach and Cherry Delight with Lavender Mascarpone Cream
• Peach Fried Pies
• Saveur’s Plum Tart
• Strawberry Nutella Crumb Bars
• Southern Living’s Pecan Peach Cobbler
• Bing Cherry Sorbetto

Have a great week!

image: marye audet