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And finally, . She braced for the cold, but this cold was different. This cold came with string lights wrapped around porch pillars, with the smell of pine trees sold in gas station parking lots, with the sound of a Salvation Army bell on the corner. On Christmas Eve, it snowed again. But this time, she stood at the window and watched the fat, fluffy flakes drift down, quiet as a prayer.

was a liar. One day, the sun would appear, the icicles would drip, and she’d think, Ah, spring . She’d wear a light jacket. The next day, a polar wind would scream down from Canada, dumping six more inches of snow. March, she decided, had a personality disorder. seasons in usa months

was a spectacle. It was as if the trees were throwing a party before dying. She went to an apple orchard and drank hot cider, watching a child drop a donut in the mud. The world felt cozy, wrapped in flannel and the scent of cinnamon. November stripped it all away. The wind returned, rattling the bare branches. The sky turned back to that familiar, steely grey. It was a melancholy month, a time of saying goodbye to the light. And finally,

arrived like a slammed door. She stepped off the plane in Chicago, and the air bit her cheeks so hard they felt like two frozen apples. The world was a monochrome of grey sky and white ground. Back home, January meant sweat and mangoes. Here, it meant scraping ice off a car she didn’t own yet and watching people run from heated building to heated building like fleeing refugees. She hated January. On Christmas Eve, it snowed again

She stepped outside into the silent, glittering hush of , one year later. The air still bit her cheeks, but now, she bit back. She smiled. She finally understood that in America, you don't survive the seasons.

was the reward for surviving. The air turned soft. The world smelled like cut grass and soil. She bought a bicycle and rode it past neighbors who were suddenly emerging from their homes like bears from a den, smiling, grilling hamburgers. May was a sweet, hopeful whisper after a long scream.


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