Friday, August 5, 2022

Dear God,

For days the Black-eyed susan flower has stood in the antique Johnson's Liniment bottle on my kitchen table.  The beautiful brown bud in the middle with golden-yellow petals reaching out proudly speaks of your amazing creative hand.  I cut it and placed it there a few days ago when my daughter and granddaughter came to visit.  It heard all our laughter, concerns and joys.  

It is mind-boggling to me how you use ordinary, simple things to offer profound messages of daily hope and joy.  Even as I gaze upon the single stem, I think of my family and the gifts they are to me and the love we shared right at this table.  I am blessed.

Holy and Loving God,

thank you

for the

exquisite little flower

on my table.

Thank you

for her resilience

and beauty.

Thank you

for our

combined memory.

Love, Andrea