I can't believe it's Friday already, time seems to be passing so quickly with everything seeming to speed up. And it's August, this is usually when things lay back and languish in the heat and humidity. Vacations happen, naps happen, time stops for moment and the dust settles for a few weeks giving us time to review and ground ourselves before that first burst of a cool breeze reignites us in September.

Sometimes I think the "busier" we are the faster time goes. As a nation we like to be busy, it's how we say we're important. That's a choice I'm now attempting to avoid. I've been trying to slow down and be available, more present to what's in my immediate surroundings again, more grounded. I find it keeps me less affected and drawn off by the swirling energies of late. It helps me reconnect to a part of my heart and mind I've ignored for too long, a part of me that I use to make strong work. Even as I try to breathe there's just an abnormal amount of things happening at once, and I gotta say I'm not liking it much. I want my August back.

So with the speed up of whatever time warp we're in along with the upcoming anniversary of my mother's passing later this month I felt like making a card with this message.

For right now, and maybe forever, this is what it feels like. We're here for a moment.