A few months ago, in some new moon or full moon ceremony, I planted the only flower seed I had. It was a sunflower seed that someone gave me last year. I planted it in one of those tiny little pots, and be darned if it didn’t germinate, in the house. I watched it grow to five feet tall and reach for the sun through the window beside my office desk. And then it bloomed! It barely had any leaves by this time, but it produced a flower. What beauty, faith and optimism!
-Maggie Marshall
Opal Rising Magazine 2022
https://opalrisingmagazine.com/my-sunflower-teacher/