Fall

Fall by far is my favorite time of the year. I love nights so crisp and calm that you can hear what is going on across town. I love walking through the leaves and listening to them crunch under my feet as I go for a walk down the street. The idea that I soon get to bring out my sweaters and come in from the outside with rosy cheeks makes me smile. Going to the apple orchards to drink homemade apple cider and eat an apple turnover for a snack after picking out your favorite pumpkin makes for one of the best Saturday afternoons.

What brought this up?? Today is the first day of fall. The beginning of a change in our weather. Even though on the flip side of fall is winter, which I do not mind, it is something we cannot change. Life is also that way. Changes come and go and not always with our permission. But life changes can also bring out qualities in ourselves that may change our lives for the better, like the color in the leaves before they fall of the trees and turn brown. Changes can be for the worst, like the snow that comes at the end of fall that so many of you despise. As of late, myself and my family have embarked on some changes. My changes started a few months ago, and felt like they were for the worst. Even though my circumstances have not changed lately, like I had hoped, I am more at peace than I ever have. As for my family, their change is and will be for the good. But like all best laid plans, not everything works out like you hoped. In the end, my family will be better off and have accomplished one of their dreams, but in amongst the change, there has been frustration, tears, and other problems to compound the situation.

Life changes can be tiring and bleak, but still bring out abilities in people that they never new they had. Just like the leaves on the trees. When they first bud in the spring, they are green. But as September rolls around, we get to see the changes the leaves bring...color and beauty amongst the wet and sometimes cold that the reigns over most of the season.

~To life and Fall