Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Falling into Winter

Out for a walk with my kids, enjoying the fall colors. 
This year those fall changes cause me to reflect on my own ‘fall’: worsening eyesight, a pudgy middle section, and ever whitening, slowly thinning hair. 

My kids are still young enough to enjoy all the seasons.  But the fall means winter soon and winter is only enjoyable if there is a spring at the end of it, right? 

What if there’s no spring coming – won’t winter be sad and depressing?  I check with my kids “Would you still love winter if you didn’t have spring to look forward to?”  They look perplexed and say “Won’t we still have family game night huddled around the wood stove and dig out the driveway together and have family snowball fights?”


The wisdom of youth! Relieved, I go back to enjoying the fall colors.

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