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Summer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A weighty word because it\u2019s hot!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Except where I grew up on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula<\/strong><\/p>\n Those summers were perfect\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n It was a time when the rain lessened\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The sun reminded us it did indeed exist<\/strong><\/p>\n And caressed with us with gentle rays\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The ocean delightfully cold and deep\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Gently bobbing you as you restfully float in it\u2019s liquid embrace<\/strong><\/p>\n The beaches full of hot rocks and logs waiting for you to fall off<\/strong><\/p>\n Big trees providing deep shade when the sun came down harder<\/strong><\/p>\n Their branches criss-crossing and covered in lush moss\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Just begged to be climbed and marvel on the Lord\u2019s creation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n From high above an eagle\u2019s majestic scream soars through the sky\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Reminding me of 4th of July and how our founding fathers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Would not be silenced but boldly soared out their declaration for freedom<\/strong><\/p>\n As night comes nigh I am filled with a shiver of delight\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the best part of summer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Lying in the damp grass on a big hill under a blanket of endless stars<\/strong><\/p>\n All the frogs chirping, squeaking and filling the night with\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A glorious melody a song of their own worship to the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n My brother and I laughing as we shove each other rolling down the hill<\/strong><\/p>\n And then scramble back up and breathlessly flop down and gaze\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n At the endless galaxies spinning above our head\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Reminding us of the power of the starbreather who became our sin bearer<\/strong><\/p>\n What a wonder<\/strong><\/p>\n Summer<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer\u00a0 A weighty word because it\u2019s 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