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On one of our road trips south I spotted one of the most beautiful and interesting flowers that I have ever seen.  I picked it and brought it to the car so I could study it a bit closer.  I used my google lens on my phone to find out what it was.  It turns out that it was a passion flower, the Tennessee state flower.  Well, apparently, TN has two state flowers, the passion flower which was chosen by school children in 1919 and the iris chosen in 1933 by the legislature.  The people refused the iris,  so in 1973, they decided on two state flowers, a state wildflower and a state cultivated flower.  That allowed both to get their way.

The Passion flower is quite a unique piece of art!   It is so delicate looking.  It has so many interesting things going on!!  And it can point us to Christ and His crucifixion, called, "The Passion of Christ Flower".

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I love wildflowers.  Most people call them weeds, but to me they are beautiful and have so many special purposes.  One being making me smile.  

Dandelions are one of these such wildflowers.  They offer a bright sunshiny yellow to cheer up our day.  Plus they give us food as the leaves are very good in a salad if picked before the flowers appear and are a good source of many vitamins and minerals.  I have recently learned something else about these cheerful flowers; the symbolism of a Dandelion.  I really like it!  

The Dandelion's uplifting yellow flower reminds us of the sun and the puffball of seeds reminds us of the moon while the seeds themselves, when blown and are drifting through the air, remind us of the stars.  I love how God has put many things in creation that point us to Him.  The sun, moon and stars all in one courageous flower!

A friend of mine recently told me that they have a scientific mind,...

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I hope this finds you doing super duper today!  But, it might find you feeling a bit empty...or a lot empty.  If so, I hope you find my thoughts helpful.

In recent days I created a journal page with one of my favorite pictures of myself.  I was in fourth grade and it was from one of the most happiest times in my life filled with happy and joyfilled memories.   We were renting a big, old,  (haunted) house on an estate in Millbrook, NY.  I would LOVE to trail off here and tell you all about how wonderful it was!  But, alas, my original thought...emptiness.

I have been feeling a bit empty.  I actually was having a fantastic time.  I had several prayers answered in just two days..it was actually quite overwhelming because it was so much...but then... I had some very disappointing news the other night (it wasn't actually the news--I didn't like the news, but it was the circumstances around the news that set me going downward)...

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Today is my 27th wedding anniversary.  Each year this day brings to my mind a lot of reflection; like a movie reel running through y mind of laughing and crying, ups and downs, births and deaths, dashed hopes and dreams, but also new hopes and dreams. 

I makes me think of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 where Solomon reminds us that there is a time for everything.  "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven..."

Over the last 27 years we have raised four boys, lived in four different homes, had too many pets to count from little snails to big greyhound dogs (Buluu being the #1 pet of all time).  We've been a part of two churches, had many different jobs, but there has been one constant through it all - we love each other and work hard at staying together.  When change comes I can be encouraged that Michael will be there to cheer me on and help me through. 

Marriage is in no way easy, it can be down right hard. ...