It’s time for another Five Minute Friday! I’ll be linking up with the lovely folks over at Lisa-Jo’s today while I await news about my husband’s surgery. And while I can spare a few minutes with Asher playing happily in his room.
Here we go…
Tree.
Playing out in our back garden yesterday afternoon and I decide to rake the leaves up. Asher is kicking a ball around, and I begin to pick up the soggy leaves to put into our compost bin.
It’s then that it strikes me: Just a few months ago, it was still mostly light out, and now it is dusk. It’s cold. Just a few months ago we were running around and playing in our paddling pool. Now I find myself raking the leaves that have fallen off the trees. How fast the seasons change.
It strikes me that the changing seasons in the weather are a reminder of the changing seasons in our lives. They come and go, but everything just happens for a season. Asher running around, gingerly stepping over leaves and attempting to help me pick up leaves is just a season in our lives. Having a toddler is just a season. Living in England is just a season.
Of course we’re also about to begin a new season with welcoming a new little one next year.
I love autumn. It’s one of my favourite seasons because of the colours that pop out on the trees. Even though the colours are sometimes not as vibrant here as I remember them being in the US. Still a lovely change in seasons.
It’s a good reminder of the seasons that God brings to us throughout our lives. And the leaves on the trees are that reminder.
Indeed, the seasons of our lives change so quickly…too quickly. My oldest is 15 and my youngest is 7 months, and I have two that fall somewhere in between. The time flies by, and yet, sometimes it seems like a particular season will never end. It’s the dichotomy of time, I suppose.
Beautiful post. :) Thank you.
Time does fly. I find myself wondering how I ended up with a 20 month-old already… Enjoy every moment with your children!
Thanks for stopping by Alissa!