tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667438310264768819.post1604613831254210811..comments2023-07-06T07:44:51.941-07:00Comments on Dancing With Fey: SunDancing With Feyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667438310264768819.post-64472260819542222042015-03-31T13:02:54.959-07:002015-03-31T13:02:54.959-07:00Maybe not entirely unrelated, since my question wa...Maybe not entirely unrelated, since my question was about something that means "hope"...<br /><br />Early fall is my second favorite time of year. I don't know why, I just love the feel of it. My favorite is its exact opposite, early spring. Apparently I go for opposites? :)Dancing With Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667438310264768819.post-55901448507933866162015-03-24T18:57:45.925-07:002015-03-24T18:57:45.925-07:00This is almost totally unrelated to your post (sor...This is almost totally unrelated to your post (sorry), but you reminded me of a very specific memory:<br /><br />When I was very small, I was sitting on the front porch with my mother. I said to her, "I love fall. I feel like this is when everything is most alive." The sun was very bright, shining down through orange leaves in our yard.<br /><br />And she laughed and said, "Your grandmother used to be sad every fall. She said watching the leaves change made her remember that everything dies."<br /><br />I looked crest-fallen. <br /><br />And then she said, "Don't be sad! It's like I told her, the trees aren't dying, they're just falling asleep for a little while."<br /><br />And now that I'm not so very small, I feel this way about it:<br /><br />I still love the fall. I still feel like it's the time when the world is most alive. Everything is so beautiful, rushing so eagerly toward winter. It always gives me hope. If nature can run so quickly into the end of its season, confident that spring will come again, then who am I to balk from any struggle?<br /><br />(Deep thoughts for a Tuesday, eh?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656591269727799618noreply@blogger.com