In mid-April, the first violets started to awaken from the long winter slumber.

Each day, their pleasure with spring spread across the field, turning the ground to a sea of purple with busy bees dancing above them.

Neena Gaynor is wife, mother, and the author of the newly released children’s picture book, A Garden for Mary (available everywhere books are sold). Visit her at www.wordslikehoney.com.

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