Sunflowers to heal the pain of loss

GONE

Since the tree fell, (in my last post,) the whole landscape of our backyard has changed.  The power company came in and felled several more. To make a long story short, it has been traumatic to us and to our flower gardens. And I have to totally rethink my gardens. but we have made use of the ground up tree limbs to make needed pathways, and having a path is a good first step for any major change in life.
Yesterday was also my 64th birthday.  Also a major change point to my future.  I am trying to put them both into perspective, and I just realized how important it will be to not expect my yard to come into it's own again overnight, much as I would hope to not live the remainder of my life in a few days.  Or even plan it out actually.

From today, I commit myself to begin again, with a new perspective.  To genuinely make my garden be a place of prayer, and my life a place of purpose.

Although the former garden is gone, Sunflowers have come up as volunteers out there.  God's way of making me smile.  No more shade, so make room for the sunny flowers.  I can smile.