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Fall Wins.

It happens every year.

After a blissful summer of friends, cocktails, and sand, we wrap up summer and round the corner towards cooler weather.  Fall calls to me, it whispers beguilingly, with its distinct smell of turning leaves and the delicious promise of hot cider.  Through the crisp, cool air, I swear I can hear the cheering in the football stadium; I feel the wool of my fisherman’s sweater.  I’m flooded with memories again and again.

As a child I looked forward to these memories, even though I didn’t have them yet.  Back then, tempura paint pumpkins in the school windows and sugar cookies with orange frosting comprised my autumn life experiences.   And I loved those, too.  But I was wide-eyed and forward-looking and I knew that my fall collegiate days would be filled with good things.

College didn’t disappoint.  The hills in central Pennsylvania are covered with brilliant foliage; the football games and tailgate parties were just as I imagined; the fisherman’s sweaters and conviviality, even better.  These things come flying back to me, year after year, as I look forward to another fresh start—even more than I do at the turn of the New Year.

Hope.  Renewal.  Home. 
As a mother, I wonder if fall will hold the same enchantment for my boys when they are grown and on their own.

How about you–what’s your favorite season?  What does it mean to you?