To everything there is a season

Autumn cannot come fast enough.  I love everything about it.

I have noticed a few leaves starting to turn and I've seen some color on the mountain.

It makes me want to burn a candle and start my Christmas list.  Sweater weather is the best weather.

Yesterday was a long day at school.  Monday + I was still tired from my trip.  

I came home and took a nap and did some laundry and watered my plants.  Life just keeps on plugging away.

Yesterday marked 15 years since the passing of Adam's dad. Emma said it was over half of all their lives.

Without him.

That feels like an impossibility, but it's true.

We exchanged memories and messages in our family group chat last night.

Mark remembers him the least.  I sent Mark this picture.

I told Mark he was the red-headed prince of the family.  Grandpa Linn loved him so much!  He loved all of them.  I like to think that he and Raelyn are together (we just marked her birthday on Saturday).  I don't know what they're doing, but I like to picture them together, patiently biding their time until the next grandkids' night.