I have a lot of milkweed in my wildflower garden and around my yard. Milkweed seems to exhibit a kind of faith growing where they go, persevering, relinquishing what is not needed, and bringing joy like caterpillars and butterflies! My plants had their start with one of the FSPA sisters, and I would like to say that there is something kind of Franciscan about milkweeds!
MILKWEED
May we be as seeds of milkweed,
being light at heart,
taking our ease upon the winds,
being tenacious when called to stay.
—M.L. Folkedahl-meehleder, friend of Prairiewoods
