Winter.....how did you sneak up so fast?

It's such a bittersweet moment as the leaves start to fall and you know that winter is right around the corner. Today I was making a last minute trip to the store before going out of town with the kids and realized that I had to buy Maliya 9 month winter clothing...Next thing you know it'll be February, my birthday will have passed (I'll be 21...) and Maliya will be a year old already! And here I am trying to rush her along to crawling! With winter comes age, another chapter ending and another chapter closer to getting our degrees! So with that I say, "Winter: Your cold days are less than desireable and I hate what you do to our roads. I am not looking forward to the stupidity that drivers are struck with when you lay down your icy hand....but I welcome you, only for a brief moment......"