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The Sweet Taste of Summer By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., MFT, CLC
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e will not be deterred! They are here! Colorful, juicy, actually, even alluring. Yes, summer fruits have arrived! First, let’s discuss those amazing, delicious, juice-filled cherries. Mmm, so good. And so well made. They even come, conveniently outfitted, with a little sticklike extension to deliver them easily to your mouth. And how about those peaches? So sweet and perky. And if you don’t like the thick fuzzy exterior, no problem! They come side by side with their sister fruit, the nectarine, designed sleek and shiny, just to ease the tactile tension. Can we talk about the purple,
poppy, pungent plum? So juicy you suddenly find your forearms bathed in the purple, pulpy drippings, yet,
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worth the entire cleaning bill, just to ingest the taste of summer. These are the fruits we dream about all winter long. They are the signal that summer is here! They herald it in.... Just the same way that: The beach openings do. The graduations do. The barbecues do. The June weddings do. The ice cream trucks do. And so many more simple pleasures, do.
shows. -Beaches, which are now guided by their 10-foot apart rule, have turned into “you alone with nature” moments. -Friendly barbecues have turned into private family dinners! -And the friendly ice cream man is now forced to show up as a masked marauder. So, the fact that one can easily eye or, even better yet, bite into, a sumptuous summer fruit is a huge deal. No modifications necessary. As long as you can get to the supermarket, or have the supermarket items somehow get to you, you can start celebrating the sunniest time of the year. You can start feeling the summer ease just with a simple routine: see, bite, chew, swallow, repeat! So, if you can’t: -Get to the beach. -Don’t have a wedding invitation coming your way. -Are not being asked to a neighborhood barbecue. -Or are grieving a missed graduation. Perhaps, you can sink your face
No one is stealing that summer feelin’ from me
Yet, somehow, seeing these fruits fanning out across the rows in the supermarket or simply gracing the shelves of my fridge is the pinnacle representative for me that summer’s arrived! And that is just great! Because some of those other summer treats are not playing out the way they have in the past: -Graduations are being replaced by lawn signs. -Weddings are turned into reality
into the biggest, drippiest peach you have ever indulged in and think: “No one is stealing that summer feelin’ from me. I’ve got it right here flowing through me. No matter what happens on the outside, I’ve got it spreading all through me on the inside!”
Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com.
