Pumpkins

Week Forty

October 3, 2013

Ever since I started this project, week 40 has unintentionally been the pumpkin patch week.  (Well, this year I made sure we kept up the tradition.)  It is also fun to see how our lives have changed through out the years.

In 2011 it was the first year doing my 52 week project and the first year we went to the pumpkin patch.  Ok, not the first time ever, but the first time in a really long time.  I remember laughing as dad claimed he found the best looking pumpkin; the one that looked like it had exploded.  The weather was perfect and felt like fall had arrived.   We had so much fun goofing around that we decided we would do this each year.

In 2012 things were a little different.  Dad was recovering from his second bone morrow transplant and couldn’t go.  It was just me and mom.  We had fun, but we wished dad could go with us to because we know he secretly liked going last year.  It was a little bittersweet.  This time the weather was chilly and coats were definitely needed.

Now 2013.  The cancer is coming back but things are still ‘normal’.  This year is was hot and humid.  We had a large storm come through in the morning and it left the farm a little muddy, but it didn’t stop us from picking pumpkins.  Just like last year dad found the best looking pumpkin.  This one looked like it had exploded, been turned inside out and baked in an over.  Dakota came with us and he found the three largest pumpkins on the farm.

For whatever reason, the 45 minutes on the farm seems to bring peace and healing, if just for a little while.  It is something I look forward to every year.  Something I’m grateful for.

**Note: Yes, I was tempted to wear a white tank top and change into jeans to match the previous years, but I resisted the urge.  And it was way too hot to wear a scarf and boots.