Will's flower — 3 months ago
There are some of those tiny daisy-like weed flowers growing along the edges of our garden. I pulled a lot of them out the other day and threw them in a pile of other weeds. Will and Sophie, however, love these flowers and are always pulling them out to bring to me. Will especially does this when he’s been naughty and wants forgiveness.
But yesterday after Will got home from school, he put his shoes back on and went outside. When he came in, he had one of those flowers gripped in his little fist. “Thank you, buddy,” I said, trying to take it from him. “It’s not for you, it’s for somebody else,” was his answer.
Sure enough, as soon as his sister came in the door from school an hour later, he plucked up that flower from where he’d left it on the rug and presented it to her. I think I am lucky they have each other…









