oh autumn delight.

Tonight it is raining hard on the window and I can hear thunder rumbling around out there over the mountains. Earlier the wind was furiously gusting all about, blowing red leaves all around me as I walked to my car. It was like I was walking through red leaf rain. It was magical. And although the coast of California always beckons, this is the season that makes me want to stay right where I'm at.

Today I quietly slipped outside in an attempt to find a calm, quiet place to finish a phone call, and after I hung up I almost jumped up and went back inside to resume life. But as I stood up, I had a thought to sit a little longer. So I did. I sat on the back patio in the afternoon sun all by myself and admired the sunlight filtering through the yellow leaves. I closed my eyes and laid my head back and felt the sunshine warming my face and the cool breeze that kept me the perfect temperature. I listened to the dried out flowers rustle against each other in the wind and just sat there and felt it all. I filled my lungs with the fresh outdoor air and listened to the commuter train off in the distance and was happy I wasn't on it. There was dinner to make and laundry to fold and who knows what mischief was being thought up inside the house by those little rascals, but still I sat. And I'm so glad I did. Life is not perfect, but there are perfect moments. And this was one.

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