FLOWERS

"Flowers, flowers, flowers, won't you bloom?" Remember that little song Mali wrote? Well, the flowers seem to have heard her plea, and they have arrived! We played with the flowers outside, and later, when I crawled into bed, I found a sweet little bouquet of grape hyacinths and dandelions that Mali had carefully gathered sitting on our bedside table. In the past, she has taped pictures to the wall right over where my head lies, so that I "see them as soon as I wake up." This was probably what she was thinking with the flowers, too. After some hard parenting days, this was just what I needed. Thank you, sweet Mali.