Waiting for fall

I think a lot about renewal and about my place in this world.

I was in the garden this Sunday trying to plant my first fall garden. I took this photo below of a fellow gardener's glorious sunflower. I thought about fall and new beginnings. I thought about the excitement I felt returning to school each year after a long summer, wondering who and what I was going to encounter in the new semester.

Now, I search for new beginnings in the dirt of my garden, in the hearts and minds of those I love and in my own soul.