And so it ends...

Today I kissed a golden summer goodbye. One last breakfast with the five of us. One more pot of tea. Meeting at Newcastle. Bethany heading back to Wally world, myself heading back to Tacoma (which, even if it's the best place on earth, lacks a few key family elements). Dad and I finished our summer project--a humunguous bookcase. I took a final summer afternoon nap. (Let the post-summer afternoon napping begin!) Mom and I said goodbye a gajillion times. (Yes, she lives 40 minutes away, and yes, I'll be seeing everybody next weekend. But, hey, this is my sappy moment. Just let me have it.) I went to a send-off for a good friend of mine and her husband. And, poetically, perfectly, it rained.