{"id":805,"date":"2018-08-29T16:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=805"},"modified":"2018-08-29T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:06:30","slug":"where-did-the-summer-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"Where Did The Summer Go??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>and can we get a redo&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_657\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-657\" class=\"size-full wp-image-657\" src=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg\" alt=\"beach\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/09252011065-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">my happy place&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This has been one of the shortest summers of my life. And then factoring in all the rainy days we had, one after another&#8230;I think we need..no deserve, a redo. Maybe a 3 month, 75 degrees and sunshine redo! What about you?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been thinking about how short this summer felt and have heard others say the same thing. And it started me thinking as to why the years seem to go by so fast now as compared to when I was a teen. The summers seemed to last forever and even the whole year seemed longer than the ones today. It seemed like 10 years would go by from one birthday till the next. Of course that was when I was excited to have a birthday and couldn\u2019t wait for it to come each and every year. Now, not so much! Although I must say I am happy to be around to even have another birthday..<\/p>\n<p>I remember Mom saying how fast the years were going by as she got older. I never really understood that until recently&#8230;as my days always seemed endless. 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