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It’s been so long since it’s been warm and sunny I think I’ve almost forgotten what spring feels like. The weather has been playing games but yesterday it was just plain gorgeous. So much so I sported a tank and flip-flops. With the windows down in my car, the radio blaring, and my shades on I soaked up the sun as much as I could because I knew that with the Kansas weather it surely would not last. I went home to my parents house making sure to take nothing but dirt roads just to give me an excuse to smell the country.  I watched my dad change the oil in my car only so I could be outside with my sleeves rolled up trying to feel the tingle of the sun on my skin. The grass is turning green in my parents yard and it got me thinking about how once I move to Topeka I’m never going to have the time to run home and mow. I love mowing. The smell of freshly cut grass  brings back so many memories. Memories like sunburns so bad it hurt to wear a shirt, our dog begging for attention during lazy summer days on the back patio, dad making hamburgers, and Samuel splashin around in his pool. I remember jogging down past the river listening to every sound nature had to offer. I’d sit on the ledge of the bridge with my legs kicked over the side watching the fish swim around in circles. I remember the dog wadding in the water until I kicked off my shoes, rolled up my pants and jumped in too. Man, I miss home. I miss sweating 24/7 in the summer because mom was always cold and would never, ever turn the AC on.  I miss watermelon, late night walks, lemonade, the smell of sunscreen, and shooting hoops with my brothers on the goal nailed up on the garage. Most of all I’m going to miss the wheat field behind my parents house. For ten summers I’ve watched them combine it down…and every summer for the last ten years I’ve always been sad to see it go.

I’m going to be SO homesick when I move.

P.S. Here’s a rockin’ picture I took of my daddy and his baby.