This week I received two packages from both my Mom and best friend. One contained Apple Cider K-cups and a deliciously scented, Pumpkin Spice candle, while the other contained Cinnamon Spice coffee and a Yankee candle smelling of autumn wreath.
From this one can draw two assumptions: one, my loved ones know me very well, and two, fall is an incredible season to be celebrated. I used to disregard fall altogether, deeming snowy winters and swimming filled summers more exciting than leaves falling—I found it depressing and it seemed that only “old people” appreciated it. Well, I must have gotten old this year because I found myself craving the crispy chill of fall.
There is something inspiring about this
season, it thrills me to enjoy the unique characteristics that fall
brings and the fact that it leads to Thanksgiving and Christmas (my two
favorite holidays). In fact, the surprise gifts inspired
me to take a break from the books and spend some moments enjoying this
season of life; after all, this is the only fall that I will spend as a
newlywed, at Northland, and probably in WI. Beyond the candles and fall
drinks, I have been appreciating certain aspects of this particular fall
in our little apartment. So I have decided to journal a paragraph in
summary of my fall thus far:
