There is a season...

"For everything there is a reason, a time for every activity under Heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1

I love fall. I love everything about fall. For me, I always liked going back to school... the new school supplies, seeing my friends, a new class schedule. I always was excited to write in a brand new notebook. There is something oddly exciting about writing on a clean slate. There seems to be an expectation of routine in the fall. For this well structured person, routine and schedules is right up my alley!

Growing up, I also always liked fall because of Halloween.  What I really like about Halloween is the chance to dress up as someone else and be able to pretend. I think everyone wants to imagine being someone else from time to time. I was also allowed several Halloween parties and loved being able to have friends over. I have many treasured memories of friends at these parties.

In high school, I loved going to the high school football games. I would often sit near the band. (And yes, I even dated some of the band members in high school). I remember the cool crisp air of the evening. There was always electricity in the air during the game. I remember the holding of hands or sneaking a kiss with a boy... Everything seemed more innocent back then. After a game, you would go with friends at hang out Denny's. 

I also started college in the fall. It was the first time of being on my own. I went to UW-Milwaukee at first and had the chance to live in the dorms. I loved meeting new friends. I loved the chance of not living with my parents. I got excited about being involved in activities. It was totally different and new from my previous life experiences.

I also married my husband in the fall (it will be 10 years ago this fall). Our wedding had a beautiful back drop of colors. Reds, oranges and yellow leaves of the golf course could be seen all around. I knew that I loved Peter and that I was very lucky to marry my best friend. It hasn't been always easy for us, but it's been easier a whole lot easier to do life with his always loving support. 

We also received the twins in fall. It was a huge life change for us. We went from 0 children to 2 children. They were not babies, they were already 5 years old. It was an adjustment for us to get used to having a structured meal time, dealing with a school system, activities, and all of the other life changes that come with 5 year old twins. Looking back, I can see how my husband and I wasted a lot of our time. Cause these days, (we now have Big Sister - Peaches) we are a family that is constantly moving about and doing things. We do way more now (in these past 2 years) than we probably did in our first 8 years of marriage!

So it is very interesting to me, how the season of fall seems to have change by the season of my life.  Fall has been good to me.  Not because Starbucks brings back it's Pumpkin Spice Lattes every year, or the colors change and are so beautiful... Fall is good to me because it seems to bring life change to me. When the trees begin to sleep and the grass dies off, it seems to bring me life.

What is your favorite season? Why?