Changing seasons!

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn...
-- Elizabeth Lawrence
(photograph of the Smith farm in New York, taken by Mom and Dad Moody)

"The woods are full of fairies; the sea is full of fish; the trees are full of golden leaves; let's make an autumn wish." I haven't been ready for the leaves to be gone and for the cold to settle in. Most of my leaves have fallen now and there is a hush in the air before Winter arrives. I love the magic that the holidays bring, but today I'm taking just a minute to wish the golden days of Autumn would last just a little bit longer. I want a few more days to breathe the sweet air and watch the leaves fall almost like they are in slow motion. I want to watch my boys play in their raked up piles and to see their hair sparkle in the sunshine. I want the streets to be lined with yellow leaves that swirl in a greeting when I drive through them. So I've gathered up a bit of Autumn and I've put it in my pockets.
So now I'm saying good bye to Fall as I create Christmas cards and decorate my tree! I'm preparing for a Winter indoors with Caleb recovering from surgery, and days that are too cold to go outside. My wish is that on those days when the holidays are over and I'm tired of being home bound- I'll take a pinch of Autumn out of my pocket and sprinkle it in my heart- and I know I'll warm right up.


"If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall."
Author: ~Nadine Stair