SENSING FALL

The senses of fall are upon us.

 

Store isles once brimming with floaties and bubbles now team with binders and pens.
Vacationers pack freeways for summer's last hoorahs.
Finally, beaches return quiet...soon.

 

Propane runs out. Thoughts of thyme, rosemary, roasted veggies, and soups simmering all the day indoors warm my core.
I can almost taste the beauty of children lined up around kitchen table, absorbing knowledge intentionally.

I see, smell, feel, hear, taste the offerings of fall.

 It makes me want to buy school supplies...bouquets of newly sharpened pencils.

 

So, out today I go...gathering paper and pencils and crayons with fresh tips.
I'm glad to stock up for the year. Though summer still reigns, fall peeks around the corner and emotions get jumbled again.

 

Fall.

It's a time of new beginnings every year. And, a time of sorrowful endings past.
Having lost both of my parents in September invokes the same memories every time.
I haven't escaped it yet. But with loved ones lost comes gratitude for what was.
Legacy spurs me on.

 

Endings, beginnings, goals, decisions, excitement, reluctance, new, tried and true,

glue, read, think, organize, gather, bake, study, teach, learn, relearn, hold on, let go,

remember, move past, disciple, invest, retreat, regroup, stock up, Thanksgiving,

potato soup, cornbread, chili, oven roasting, pumpkins, porridge, play, love, PRAY...

just some of the words that come to mind in this season of sensing fall.

 

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."

Ecclesiastes 3:1