How much joy the calm and tranquil autumn brings me! What peace, what renewal I experience! Autumn... a depth of silence and joy! My heart flows like a gentle river into autumn's heart, and we begin to dance a waltz, floating above the rusty leaves. Ah, autumn!... What love there is between us!
My dear autumn, with your gold that floods my blood, my flesh, the depth of my being... the gold of your leaves, the gold of the sun, the gold of quiet, the gold of peace... Autumn, what a wonder! In autumn, my soul always finds its peace. It's as if I am reborn every autumn. I become a different person, richer in spirit! For me, the beginning of the church year on September 1st is very significant. Because this beginning brings a new beginning to my soul as well.
So many beautiful events in my life have happened in this golden season! I relive them all every year with the arrival of wonderful autumn. My marriage to my husband, the birth of my first child, and the second one was born on the last day of summer, so... still on the threshold of autumn, the first time I saw the mountain... the meeting at the beginning of this autumn that gladdened and nourished my heart, which was hungry for deep and sincere sharing, with the wonderful Anca Stanciu... The first meeting with my dear confessor, the first pilgrimage of my life, which was to Saint Arsenie Boca and other wonderful monasteries. The pilgrimage to Saint Parascheva... how wonderful it was! Where I endured as if by a miracle, held in the arms as if by the dear Saint. Hundreds of believers were standing in line... Our wait lasted sixteen hours to be able to meet, touch, and embrace Saint Parascheva with our souls. I was very tired and mentally exhausted. When I saw the sea of people, I became discouraged and intended to go back to the bus, but I stayed, encouraged by my husband and the other pilgrims next to us... I don't know how I endured! It was superhuman for me, but the closer I got to the Saint's reliquary, the more new strength I gained and the happier I felt. And there, next to the Venerable Saint's reliquary, what a feeling of Heaven! What joy! A feeling that makes me want to go again and again to the wonderful Saint, no matter how difficult it might be. In short, autumn is my Heaven!
I embrace you with all the autumn in my soul and invite you to a playfulness full of pure smiles, with golden leaves, golden rays, golden quiet... in a golden eternity!
Iulia Enache