My Favorite Season

Fall. What a beautiful time of year. And it has officially arrived around here. All the leaves have turned and are covering the ground, providing a very satisfying crunch crunch  when I go for a walk. With work and the business of life I haven't gotten out to enjoy the fallness as much as I would like but I'm taking in what I can and it is gorgeous. Fall is such a short season here but maybe that's why I like it. There's no chance to get sick of it - you blink and it's over. It always feels so rich because every day seems like one more day you rob from winter's icy grasp and it seems that us humans are more likely to enjoy things deeply if we know that they are only temporary. We take for granted those things that seem they will be here forever. Like our health, our spouses, our security.
Fall is also my favorite time of year because it reminds me of some of my dear college friends. This was the time of year that we were reconnected after a summer apart and would spend hours dressed in sweaters sitting outside our local Starbucks drinking coffee or maybe that oh so fallish drink, apple cider, and sharing our lives together. I miss those days and I miss those friends. Those were some of my favorite times. To those friends, if you read this, I miss you and love you and think of you often as I walk under golden trees.