Prayers for Maria Sunflowers

We have a field of sunflowers here in Cleveland that is planted and comes up each year. It runs probably a mile wide along a highway and is a site to see. The 3 million sunflower seeds planted each year by volunteers around Cleveland are in memorial of a little 7 year old girl, Maria, who lost her battle to a brain tumor. It's beautiful, bittersweet, emotional and glorious to see. 

All at the same time.

Being from Kansas, I really wanted a framer of both the kiddos together, but it's getting harder and harder every time I try to take pictures. I'm awesome at getting other kids to smile, but for some reason it's impossible to get my own. This is the best I got....

At least we found grasshoppers to play with. Priorities, right?

And there was something about this lone sunflower that drew me in. Most sunflowers were planted a few inches from their siblings, but this one stood alone stretching toward the sky.

To find out more about Maria and her foundation, Prayers for Maria, click here.