I’m always chasing light.
I think it was the way the sun fluttered through shadows of other trees and cast undulating light on the yellowing aspen in my backyard this morning as I was getting ready to leave for school which beckoned me to wander outside for a few minutes of serenity.
I remembered seeing Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in Amsterdam for the first time, and recalled how they sparkled with an ineffable glittering gold.
There’s something hypnotic about the way aspens quiver in the wind, knowing their gold leaves won’t keep for long.
There was a genuine sense of peace this morning, watching the sun rise, witnessing light illuminating the day ahead.
A native of Southern California, Caroline Mertens moved to Colorado as a teen. She received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Colorado Christian University in Denver. Her grandmother's immigration tales of adventure, love, pain, and redemption provided ample amounts of hope, grace, and literary inspiration for her debut, In Those Other Lands.
After a season of work in the Netherlands, England, and France, Caroline returned to Colorado. Over the years, she has worked as a magazine editor, a professional writer, and an assistant to a Young Life director. However, Caroline's most fulfilling career is teaching high school English and Creative Writing. She strives to encourage teenagers to read what they love, and inspires her students to engage in purposeful creative writing. Caroline is passionate about traveling, cooking Indonesian food, and exploring Colorado with her family.
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