Summer Endings

I can tell summer is ending. As usual, it makes me feel sad. I am always aware of how fast these warm days fly by. Except for gazillions of kids at the library I hate for summer to end. But the big thing about the end of this summer: Ivan moved out today. School starts for him next week, but he has an apartment with 4 other boys on campus and today was the first day he could move in. Back with guys his own age. Who could blame him! He got here the first part of June and has been a fixture around the house. I wondered how it would all go. How can we tell what will go down when we add a complete stranger into the mix? But his schedule and ours meshed pretty well. We took several weekends and headed camping and he volunteered to watch Buster. That was a big help. He helped clean up all the shingles Ron threw in the yard as we were re-roofing the house. Wow! He went with us on some family outings and took a great liking to the grandsons. He joined us for church. He let us know what his schedule would be on a daily basis. He had his own computer so I never had to share. He didn't even hog the remote. Very impressive. We have been his host "family" for two years now, but it has taken us this long to have the time to really get to know him. It was really worth the effort! He can come back anytime.