Season Change Days

It's that time of year again...when the honey-colored sun weaves its way around the dancing trees and shines upon the world in such a way that highlights any particles in the air and everything seems to be dusted with glitter. The kind of weather that makes you want to just stroll outside in nature. Everything is still alive and colorful but there are hints all around that all will change in just a short time, reminding you to cling to every moment, every memory as if it could blow away with the leaves.

It romances me in such a way that I want to write poetry. To think of this day in years past. My child's birth. My first kiss, wrapped in Chad's letter jacket standing on my front porch...and then listening to his heart race when I buried my head on his chest: falling in love. Cheerleading practice. Flirting with the football players. A broken heart that felt so alone. College days: freedom from responsibility except of course class & school work. Homecoming. Driving with the windows down when I first started driving. Silly things from high school that were so much fun.

It's when I think back that makes it seem impossible for 26 years of living, breathing, feeling to have already passed in my life. (Almost. Still living the last bit of the 26th year.) I remember soo much. How can it feel like yesterday when it was 10, 12, 15, whatever years ago??? Life is so precious. I can't thank the Lord enough for how He has blessed us and how He continues to work in us, to make us more like Him & to make our lives count. If I were living for me & not for Him I think season change days would be a really sad reminder of getting old & life being spent. It's emotional enough as it is, relishing the past...but the promise of eternity makes pressing on to the future a joy.