the best birthday present

This post has been really hard for me to write for some time now so bare with me. 

One afternoon the boys and I were playing outside. We must have been out on the blankets for a good 15 minuets before I realized Zac playing in my dad's overgrown garden. When I looked over it took my breathe away. A tall beautiful sunflower had grown in the middle of the garden. That sunflower had more meaning then just the beauty of a sunflower. 

My mom and I have often talked about doing a sunflower garden outside because my brother, Riley loved wild flowers. We thought it would be perfect symbol of him. We talked about it for a few months but never fully committed. 

I knew this flower was for me. from him. oh how the Lord knows just what we need when we need it. so thank you brother. that by far was the best birthday present you could have ever given me.