For Lauren . . . who loves sunflowers.

I recall the day and the hour
I was given my flower,
So small she arrived
That day in July.

She filled a space
And with care and grace, 
And a few mistakes,
We learned together. 

Now she's full grown
With seeds of her own.
My grand-gems and jewels
In her sunflower school.
       ----G. Hill

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Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Proverbs 1:8-9

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GH