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Summer IS the highlight

Sounds like a recurring nightmare from high school, that age-old standard essay we used to have to write – you know, with pen and paper, the old-fashioned way – during that first week back in school. I remember struggling each time to come up with enough words to fill the sheet, regardless of the number of day trips, weekend excursions or other mini-adventures my family would take.

It eventually became much easier to remember and list the highlights of my summers. In college it was still having summers off, attending concerts, camping with friends, weekend get-togethers. Later, a lot of the highlights were the same, but some of the people had changed. Camping with friends became camping with the kids. Big-name concerts became outdoor offerings from local musicians (which, by the way, quite often turned out to be the better deal). Going to watch the Royals became watching Little League. Then there was the list that included picnics, town celebrations, family reunions and countless trips to the swimming pool.

It’s hard for me to pick one favorite part of summer. Summer is my favorite time of year simply because of all there is to do. My kids and I enjoy being outside, so we go to the celebrations, to the swimming pools, to the picnics. While we haven’t made it yet this year – our one planned outing was canceled by weather – we love to camp with relatives. I’ve also recently fallen in love with golf.

At Friday's Uptown Friday Nights I asked people what a highlight of summer would be for them, knowing that if asked the same question, I would be hard-pressed to find an answer. How do you find a summer highlight when, frankly, summer IS the highlight?

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