Sunflowers

[primsong]

Try as I might, I'm having to fall behind on everything here in LJ land - there's too many gaps that need filling at the school to keep it on its feet and I find myself running from one to another. The comfort is knowing that it is temporary, and though we may struggle with the drop in our enrollment right now due to the deliberate efforts of those-who-shall-not-be-named to pull or drive our families away from us and to kill us, we are still keepin' on - and as it has awoken a lot of folks who were previously only on the perimeters to really come in alongside us, we will be all right. The next year should be... interesting... and creative. I'm going to have to take on several events and duties that I didn't have before, some to my dismay as I have no experience with them but I think the end result will bloom.

Sort of like the sunflowers. I planted them last year, set them in the soil and watched hopefully as they developed leaves, imagining large, beautiful, tall flowers that summer. Alas, no - all I got were leaves... morose, I watered and fed them anyway - but then lo and behold, *this* spring those leaves came in again, stronger than ever and now there are lovely tall stalks coming up from them, the promise of a flower held in each cluster of little green leaflets and buds at their tips. Sometimes you need to wait and work through that time without flowers while down under the ground all those little roots are gaining strength again - and then watch it bloom.

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... due to the deliberate efforts of those-who-shall-not-be-named to pull or drive our families away from us and to kill us...

Ahh yes..hopefully the Voldemarts of the situation will move on soon...and I'm so glad new friends are coming along to stand beside you :) I absolutely adore the sunflower analogy! :)