In the Fall of My Fall

Posted on 18. Oct, 2007 by Karen in Reflections

Today is one of those quintessential fall days in the Midwest.  The leaves are brightly colored on a spectrum from green to bright orange.  The sky is gray.  There’s a light drizzle.  A mild day temperature-wise–a last tinge of warmth before the winter descends. 

As I look out on this day and see the bloom of my garden slowly withdrawing into the dormancy of fall, I feel a sadness.  I get this way every year as winter approaches–for a day or so.  Why you ask do I stay in a climate with such a drastic seasonal change. 

Well, I stay because of family.  I stay because this is home.  I stay because I know that one day, some months down the road, I will feel excitement as green leaves in my garden inch through the ground toward the warmth of spring.  And then the cycle starts all over again. 

It’s life renewing.  So as I sit here in the fall of my fall, I look forward to the new ideas and perspectives growing in me as I take the trip through midlife towards the spring of my senescence.  And I remember that there’s no sadness in spring. 

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2 Responses to “In the Fall of My Fall”

  1. Madeleine Phillips

    18. Oct, 2007

    Dear Karen:

    Each and every time I read your blog, I am touched by the poetry of your words. You are a talented and beautiful writer. Thank you for spinning your thoughts and stream of consciousness into something to which we can all relate. Each time I read your blog, I say to myself that I must respond to you; and lack of time prevents me from doing so. Not so today. Here I am for today and always, since I won’t write every time to say you did a magnificent job. I know you will. And now you will know that I keenly relate to the thoughts that you put into cyberspace for all of us to read and contemplate.

    Love,

    Madeleine

  2. open4lifecoach

    24. Oct, 2007

    Madeleine–

    Thanks for your comments. It warms my heart to read your feedback. I truly believe that how we go through midlife determines how we come out into elderhood. So it’s great to have your company here on Midlife’s A Trip. Come back often, my friend.

    Karen

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