I’ve always held fast that Fall is my second favorite season (a close second behind Winter, decently ahead of Spring, and far surpassing Summer), but Fall in Ohio has been a breath of crisp air that may soon rival its colder cousin. Oklahoma doesn’t have nearly the amount of heavily wooded areas, parks around every corner, and general proximity to nature that Ohio offers and while it may come with its own dangers (like a prolific deer population that do not care for road safety), seeing the leaves change wherever I go has been well worth it.
Aside from the weather and the beauty I appreciate the Autumn months for the reminder to let go and renew, that some things don’t last forever but it doesn’t mean they’re gone, and that change is part of life. I’ve tried to do more letting go lately, releasing tears, grudges, frustrations, things I thought would last forever and may not have appreciated while I had them. And I’ve learned that letting go doesn’t need to mean forgetting, sometimes it just means letting them live on as memories, frozen in time like photographs.
