The Chill

The chill is setting in and Fall is inevitable. As much as I hate to see Summer end, a lot of great memories come rushing back when I feel and smell that Autumn air. I am taken back to the week we were engaged at the Isle of Palms, SC, it was very romantic and special. Then the beach trip last year where we bathed under the warm sun, but swimming was not possible because of the chill. Also, we shared our last vacation as a family of three there.

The memory of high school football games hits me, even though I rarely participated in any functions at school, it was a great memory of getting out in the evening, smelling the fresh cut grass from the field and listening to Mr. Brady giving the play-by-play.

There are more memories than I can account here but they are all good and make me feel warm inside even though the chill is coming fast and strong.

I love Fall even though I rarely say that out loud. It is a great buffer for the frigid cold that I dread.

This weekend we will have our last Summer hurrah in our backyard with family and friends and that makes me sad, but I will probably bank it in the file of great memories that rush back when Fall arrives.

It's the first Fall for Tori and the first for me as a mother of two.

Now that's a great memory.