{"id":237,"date":"2025-05-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:23:15","slug":"wildflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/writing\/wildflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-39-Wildflower-05.01.2025.png\" alt=\"I didn't know how much I missed you until I watched you bloom vibrant and new.\" class=\"wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-39-Wildflower-05.01.2025.png 940w, https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-39-Wildflower-05.01.2025-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blog-39-Wildflower-05.01.2025-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Wildflower,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn&#8217;t know how much I missed you until I watched you bloom vibrant and new. Your presence brought me so much joy. I had forgotten the depth of your colors and calming effects of your beautiful scent. I began to wake up excited and anticipating moments with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly as you came you disappeared. Transitioning with the season&#8217;s change you faded away. Missing you was instantaneous and intense. Longing mixes with pangs of loneliness and there are moments when I think I catch a glimpse or a scent that tickles my remembrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowledge and understanding of change do not lessen the pain. The color and perspective you brought altered me. I am not the same. I cannot wait to see how you bloom next season. May you be a little brighter, a little bigger, and always remember you exist for a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take the best care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With all my love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stephanie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Wildflower, I didn&#8217;t know how much I missed you until I watched you bloom vibrant and new. Your presence brought me so much joy. I had forgotten the depth of your colors and calming effects of your beautiful scent. I began to wake up excited and anticipating moments with you. Suddenly as you came&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephanietobola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}