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Summer reminds me of a lot of things last night.

I live out in the boonies about 30 minutes south of Nashville, Tennessee,

and I sat in a chair and I watched fireflies

for about 30 minutes, and I thought, oh, this feels like summer to me.

And then I was in a friend's neighborhood last weekend and they still have ice cream

trucks.

And I was like, oh, this just makes me so excited. I want to put on stretchy pants.

When I hear the ice cream truck sound, it makes me so happy.

I love the smell of people grilling hamburgers. You've got to love summer.

Summer also reminds me of school because six years ago I started a doctorate,

and the only way I could do it in residency

was to go spend part of the summer in Denver,

where I went to seminary at Denver seminary.

And so school is part of my summers.

I'm trying to finish the doctorate, so pray for me.

You may want to lay hands on me.

I think I'm the dumbest person in my doctoral program.

Having a hard time with my thesis thesis but I loved classes in the

summer as an older woman of faith I love to learn more about Jesus and and I just love going to school in Denver in the summers,

because if I had a bad day, I could go out and look at the mountains

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