Rain had nourished the Periwinkle;<\/p>\n
a beautiful blue flower with petals shaped like a fan.<\/p>\n
The little girl took them gently in her hands and sniffed them<\/p>\n
then she returned to jumping in the puddles nearby.<\/p>\n
Her black gumboots were caked with mud and she had no care in the world.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A single cloud remained in the sky after the storm.<\/p>\n
Her mother took pictures and spread them out on the table;<\/p>\n
Admiring each one closely, pressure to choose the right one for the newspaper building.<\/p>\n
She has to beat the best local famous photographer in the contest to have her picture printed.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She glances up and looks out at the window,<\/p>\n
Spotting her daughter\u2019s lit up face, turned to the sky, her laughter sneaking in the nooks and crannies<\/p>\n
of their house and filling her soul with peace.<\/p>\n
She can\u2019t help but smile and lift her camera once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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