there is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. i`ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. every day for approximately two weeks, i see those beautiful flowers.

　　this spring, i started a wildflower garden in our yard. i can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. i`ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.everyday i drove past the flowers thinking, "i`ll stop on my way home and dig them." "gee, i don`t want to get my good clothes dirty..." whatever the reason, i never stopped to dig them. my husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose.one day on my way home from work, i was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. i thought to myself, "way to go, you waited too long. you should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring."

　　a week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. she is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven`t been as close as we all would have liked.i couldn`t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband`s sister and us. i do believe that god has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

　　and yes, if i see the blue flowers again, you can bet i`ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.