“We don’t grow when things are easy. We grow when we face a challenge.”

– Author unknown

“What are you looking at?”

“Come here,” I said, motioning for my wife to join me. I was kneeling down next to where the sidewalk met the asphalt. Something small, yet miraculous had caught my attention.

“Did you lose something?” she asked, kneeling next to me.

“No,” I replied. “I think I found something.”

A delicate flower no more than three inches tall was growing in the scant bit of soil that existed between the cement curb and the road surface and not only growing but thriving with five tiny blue blossoms. I grabbed my phone and took a picture for remembrance.

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