Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. -Dr. Seuss

What a great quote! My cousin posted this on Facebook today as her status and I absolutely love it! It's a great way to look at the ups and downs of life.

I am a planner. I make lists and more lists and lists of lists to make. In fact, before our week long beach vacation, I had 10 different lists going. Planning = good. But it also means that after a big event that I look forward to for weeks and months on end, I am letdown when it's over. No more planning and getting excited. Just back to everyday life.

Our vacation has come and gone. On our last day at the beach my husband and I stood together looking out at the ocean. I said, "Goodbye ocean. At least til we meet again at another time and another place." My husband just laughed and said, "uhhh, goodbye ocean. I guess." He apparently doesn't know that the ocean can hear you and looks forward to your return. I will admit that as excited as I was to get home and see our furry child who I missed very much, I was sad to be leaving the beach and ending our vacation.

But, I reminded myself that there will be plenty more vacations. And we can always come back to this exact spot.

I didn't cry because it was over, I smiled because it happened. It's the seasons of life. You look forward to it, you live it, you look back on it. Sometimes the cycle happens in days, sometimes it's a lifetime.

But keep smiling!