It’s around this time of the summer that everything hits its peak:  the celebrations, the travel and activities, and the heat.  For those of us who allow ourselves to think about it, the beginning of July is also the marker that summer is halfway over.  While it would be very easy to expend energy bemoaning this fact, instead I’m going to try to reframe this as a reminder to savor the time that remains and celebrate all the summer and vacation-related things I feel passionate about.  Which brings me to July’s theme:  passion.