May 20

Adam and the kids gave me these flowers on Mother's Day last week. After seven days of waiting, the lillies all finally opened completely today.

Aside from being beautiful (and quite fragrant), they reminded me of an important truth: sometimes, we have to wait for something to mature and become beautiful. And really beautiful things are truly worth the wait. So just keep praying and waiting and trusting that the beauty will eventually shine through the circumstance.