Dear Peony

Dear Peony,

If I plant you too deep you won’t bloom. You must need the cold freezing winters. Yet how does the cold help you grow such beautiful flowers? Is it overcoming the stress of the cold? The determination you gain from the difficult experience? As I snuggle under a warm blanket with my warm cup of cocoa I may never understand how you do it, but I

am encouraged to keep trying when I remember your mesmerizing scent and beautiful blooms. Thanks for your example that encourages me!

Love, Juliet