Seasons

We have pumpkins growing in our yard. We carved our jack-o-lanterns last October, dumped the seeds beside our back driveway, and now we have three little pumpkins just taunting us!

I was talking with a friend earlier today about how I am just ready for a change in season. There is something about a fresh season that makes things just feel exciting and new and good....particularly, for me, when that season is Fall.
Every year, when the kids go back to school and a new hometown football season starts....it begins to feel like Fall. The days are still hot, but the mornings are cool. And when we step outside to begin our morning commute (3 school drop-offs and work), the air is crisp. Our new season is only weeks away.

With that said, seasons are much more than just weather. We enter into new seasons everyday. Seasons of hope, seasons of boldness, seasons of sadness, seasons of freedom....they are always changing and infinite. We pray for our seasons to be easy and fun, but that isn't always the case. Life lessons are what come from them....happy or sad....easy or challenging. We take just little bits of our past season adventures and people with us to help us remember what is important....what we learned from it all...what God planted in every second of everyday for us to discover.

If you've had a tough Summer or even just a crappy year so far, start over with Fall.
Or start your new season now.
I think I'll start with you. xoxo