Sunflower Lessons

This single bloom was enough to satisfy my sunflower hunger this year.

I found it as a seedling, accidentally sprouted between bricks on the greenhouse

floor—a birdseed spill only partly cleaned up during our spring chaos. 

Admiring its gumption, I transferred it to a pot and expected it to die. 

But it thrived.

It earned an honored spot in a raised bed with the zinnias, 

guaranteeing protection from the roly-poly rabbit mob. 

What started as accident—completely unplanned, unexpected, and unlikely—speaks its lessons 
to my backyard world daily: Determination. Strength. Perseverance. 
TRUST in the Master Gardener who notices the tiniest seedlings of grace in our lives 
and takes action to deliver an abundant yield.