Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice.

Where I live, folks start decorating for fall late August/ early September. I'm not sure if that is a southern thing or if we are just sick of the 100+ degree weather (and also, we know them bugs going back to hell where they belong soon). I am one of those who loves her pumpkins and "happy Fall. Y'all". I honestly cannot even fathom that it's the last few months of the year as my son has been in the hospital all year, but it's my favorite time of all!

My favorite place is to be home. I am a stay-at-home mother and caregiver, so I am here most of the time unless we have therapy or appointments and I loooooove a good "Kirklands Home Store" smell. As soon as the temperature starts droppin', I start getting my pumpkins out of hiding and get my house cozy with all the fall scents, it's oasis to me. So, I go to the store to re-stock my fall wax melts and NOTHING. WHO IS TAKING ALL OF THE PUMPKIN SPICE??!!!

Anywho, my patience is very thin. As stated, my son has spent most of the year in the hospital and times have been rough, so any minor inconvenience is the end of the world to me hence my pumpkin spice meltdown. I jokingly posted on Facebook (because that's always whom I run to - why not?). I got a call from a friend the next day saying she was at Target and JACKPOT! She got me 2 wax melts AND she works at the hospital we were at so how awesome?! The next day, my neighbor text me that she put something in my mailbox.. it was PUMPKIN WAX MELTS!

Okay, so why is this a big deal? It's "just wax melts". Because to me, it wasn't "just wax melts". It was two women who saw that I obviously was in search of something to make my home cozy after I have been practically living in the hospital for a year. Something as small as a scent that can calm you down and relax you after a hard season. I am an empath, so I know exactly how these ladies felt by doing a generous act of kindness. It soothes your soul to help others or think of someone other than yourself. I am usually on the other end of this as I would be the one getting or doing something to make someone's day a little brighter, but sometimes it's your turn and your season to be the given.

I won't say names but know the simplest generosity meant the world to me as now I can relax with all my pumpkins and pumpkin spice scents. It is a physical change to transition to our next season that I claim will be better for our family.