I've always loved autumn. To the point that if you go back through my journal, you can kind of tell when autumn is starting where ever I've lived. Because I've always commented on it. For the past two years, though, I was denied something that I hadn't really realized _had_ been denied me.

_True_ autumn.

Today, I stepped outside to take the trash out. I made it out of the breezeway and half way across the parking lot to the dumpster when it suddenly struck me... the cool breeze weaving between the leaves, the light smell of dampness to the air, the dark sky whispering down to me. I had to stop... and smile... and think... Wow... its autumn...

Its amazing how much you realize you've missed a thing when suddenly its surrounding you again.

I love autumn. *smiles* And I'm living in it again.

Raen.