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Remembering a different fall.

September 29, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner 23 Comments

remembering fallJust like that, the sticky scratchy summer blanket of heat has been lifted away for a while. And I’m remembering fall.

A different fall.

I am magically transported to a certain time when I lived with my friends on the surface of life, and each day began with a what-will-we-do-today freshness. And Norma and Vic and Steve and I tossed a football in the front yard on the first chilly afternoon since early spring, and the fields around the house were thick with dry soybeans, and somehow every second of that day is imprinted on my mind as though I knew it would always be rare and perfect.

Because it was fall.

And we crammed into the cab of Steve’s powder blue truck and rode to the levee and along a dirt road that hugged the riverbank, and we sat side by side watching the muddy water roil by, always the same, yet never the same.

And the crisp air smelled of harvest and promise and money that would soon pave my way to college and to a completely different life.

And the sky was the color of the sea.

Today, I wonder if Norma remembers that day when we wore matching sweatshirts, different colors, but the same.

And I wonder if Steve remembers parking so close to the water’s edge we thought we’d be washed away. And we laughed about floating to New Orleans and away to someplace else. And he held my hand in his.

And now that Vic knows all the secrets of the universe, I wonder if he ever looks down and watches over us, and if he sees the river, always the same, yet never the same. And I wonder if he knows for a fact that our day on the river was heaven on earth because we were young and carefree.

And because it was fall.

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[Musical Pairing:
Seals & Crofts, We May Never Pass this Way (Again)

Filed Under: Memories, Nature & Seasons Tagged With: Autumn, best friends, Fall, friendship, Mississippi River

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Comments

  1. Colene says

    September 29, 2016 at 9:16 am

    Beautiful!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 29, 2016 at 10:04 am

      Thank you Colene!

      Reply
  2. Barbara Tate says

    September 29, 2016 at 9:32 am

    This made me cry. Such beautiful words, put together as only you can.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 29, 2016 at 10:05 am

      Well, thank you. Didn’t mean to make anyone cry LOL.

      Reply
  3. June Graham says

    September 29, 2016 at 9:35 am

    ❤️?

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 29, 2016 at 10:06 am

      I’ll take hearts any day:)

      Reply
      • Cheryl middleton says

        September 29, 2016 at 10:46 am

        Talya, you have an amazing ability to paint with words! Please continue sharing your talent. My senses were turn on full blast while reading this blog about fall and beyond that I found some old but much loved memories of my own to revisit. Thank you for touching my heart today! ?

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        • Talya Tate Boerner says

          September 29, 2016 at 12:37 pm

          Thank you, Cheryl. I appreciate the comment so much!

          Reply
  4. Cheryl middleton says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:45 am

    Talya, you have an amazing ability to paint with words! Please continue sharing your talent. My senses were turn on full blast while reading this blog about fall and beyond that I found some old but much loved memories of my own to revisit. Thank you for touching my heart today! ?

    Reply
  5. Jessica Bauer says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:46 am

    Perfect, Talya! 🙂

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm

      Thank you, Jessica!

      Reply
  6. Staci says

    September 29, 2016 at 11:31 am

    To be young again

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm

      Oh yes.

      Reply
  7. Dorothy Johnson says

    September 29, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    Breath-taking. Just wonderful.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 30, 2016 at 8:01 am

      Thanks, friend!

      Reply
  8. cathyv says

    September 29, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    Lovely!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 30, 2016 at 8:01 am

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  9. Paula Larson says

    September 29, 2016 at 4:07 pm

    This one will win a prize for sure!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 30, 2016 at 8:00 am

      Guess I need to find a place to enter it LOL. Thanks, Paula!

      Reply
  10. frances creecy says

    September 29, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    Talya I loved it, so touching.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      September 30, 2016 at 8:00 am

      Thanks, Frances!

      Reply
  11. Muffett says

    September 30, 2016 at 9:55 am

    All I can say is … WOW! This actually made me tear up. Thank you Talya!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      October 1, 2016 at 7:22 am

      Awww thank you Muffett! Nice to hear from you:)

      Reply

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