I took a morning walk with my almost-5 year old daughter this morning and it was glorious. I really wanted to post one of those “I love Fall” discourses until I realized those types of posts are all over the place.
So why does everyone seem to love Fall? And why does it seem everyone loves Fall for the same reasons? The crisp air, the ever changing palette of the leaves, old warm oversized sweaters, cocoa by the fire, and of course all the food and candy related holidays in Autumn or shortly after. My mom is the only person I know personally who doesn’t like Fall. She says it’s too close to Winter and she hates Winter. She’s a gardener so it signifies the end of her season. But most everyone else just loves Fall in all it’s glory. Most of the survey’s I’ve seen have Fall as the favorite season frontrunner with Summer next and Winter/Spring coming in about evenly third and fourth. Is this a midwest thing? I’m not so sure. I’d say those of us in the eastern Midwest as well as, of course, New England have a romanticized experience of Autumn. Probably out west they don’t go so ga ga over Fall because they don’t see the leaves change so vibrantly, or experience the sudden temperature shift into Fall.
But I digress. Just let me say...I love Fall!! I feel happy and alive and it’s good.