![]() Her hair was nearly down to her waist, and as she swung, it flew through the air behind her like a magical cape of childhood innocence. Hannah Beyers' hair had grown like Rapunzel, earning her the nickname from her distant aunts and uncles. Now my home was filled with vases of miraculous spring blossoms and the fragrance wafting in on the breeze. Two years later, I was rewarded with my first, very own lilac. When Hannah was born, we planted lilacs on the front porch of our New York home. The house looked like it had been drawn from childhood dreams with a box of crayons. ![]() ![]() It was 2007 and they were doling out mortgages like free candy. ![]() When Graham and I bought a house in 2007, we didn't know a thing about old houses or big land. Clouds were bigger in this sky than in other places, here under the giant blue dome above my hayfield home. If there were an opposite of a green thumb, it was mine, and they didn't stand a chance. ![]()
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