Today is the fall equinox, the official first day of autumn and I can’t tell you how excited I am! This is my season. The one I wait for all year long. The one that feels like home in the most comforting way.

Yes, it also comes with runny noses and the start of cold season (we’re already in it, as you know if you’ve read my last post, the baby is still sniffling away). And yes, school germs are already making their rounds. But even so… my heart is full. Because fall is everything I love.

It’s candle season, cozy blanket season, dark mornings and golden early evenings, Gilmore Girls on repeat, pumpkin everything (yes, please), soup bubbling on the stove and warm drinks in hand

And on top of all that? I’m a fall baby myself, proudly born in October! My mom is also October born, my dad is a September baby, and even my grandmother is born in October. Maybe that’s part of why this season feels so familiar, so special, so rooted in love and tradition.

Of course, I married a summer guy, and we’ve got one daughter born in summer and one in spring so I’m outnumbered in this house when it comes to birthday seasons. But autumn still holds a unique place for me. It’s the season that shaped me, that always feels like a new beginning and a quiet celebration all at once.

The temperatures are finally starting to drop, and it looks like they’re going to stay in that lovely crisp range, no more heatwaves, no more sticky afternoons. Just sweater weather and pumpkin picking days ahead.

And yes I’ve already started the baking. I made a gingerbread cake (I know, more of a winter thing), but I shaped it like a pumpkin, so now it’s officially fall approved. It made the whole house smell like cinnamon and comfort.

Soon I’ll be decorating, lighting more candles, maybe picking out a few pumpkins for the front step. These are the little rituals that make this season feel so magical. Even when the kids are sick or the laundry is piling up or the to do list is long, fall somehow makes me breathe a little deeper.

So here we are , the season of cozy, of birthdays, of slowing down.

Happy first day of autumn! 🍂 

Let the golden days begin.