For fourteen years, someone quietly left a red geranium on my porch every spring—until one year, the flower was replaced by a shoebox containing the one thing I thought the flood had taken forever.
The spring of 1987 changed our town forever. Three days of relentless rain turned our quiet street into a river. People climbed onto rooftops. Boats floated where children usually rode …
For fourteen years, someone quietly left a red geranium on my porch every spring—until one year, the flower was replaced by a shoebox containing the one thing I thought the flood had taken forever. Read More