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Blooming Again

It's been an exceptionally rainy summer here. Usually in June it rains every day, which it did, but we've also had storms almost every day in July. The end result is that everything is lush and green, and there are wildflowers everywhere in the yard.

I haven't noticed much of this. I've been focused on the things that trouble me, make me unhappy, and keep frightening me. I think we all have in some way, and maybe that's why everyone I know is exhausted. I certainly am.

Despite the awful things that have happened over the last eighteen months wild flowers still bloom. Maybe it's time I try looking at them.

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