‘This fall I’m a bit sentimental as we are marking the days before my eldest daughter leaves for university next year’
In Calgary , fall always comes as a surprise. One minute people are canoeing down the Bow River, enjoying the late summer warmth, and, almost without warning fall arrives in brilliant ways, its exuberance on full display. The season is quick and unpredictable – maybe just a week or two, three at the most, before snow falls and the leaves all drop from their trees.
While Calgary doesn’t have the reds and oranges of Eastern Canada, the yellow holds its own in vibrant extravagance. People flock to the mountains when the trees are in their yellow glory – thousands hike up trails known for their fall shows – Pocaterra Ridge and Chester Lake in Kananaskis and Larch Valley in Banff become Instagram famous for these two glorious weeks.
This fall I’m a bit sentimental as we are marking the days before my eldest daughter leaves for university next year. Every occasion is now accented with the thought that this is the “last” Halloween or the “last” Christmas before she moves away. My thoughts also turn to my own aging and the ways life continually moves on. I wonder how I might be maturing – I sense more comfort in my own skin, an easing of the need to please everyone, a narrowing of the many activities that once took my time.
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