Margaret Tobias

Lily Margaret Tobias

With the story of Lily the young flower, children can learn about trusting change and keeping hope alive during difficult times.



Lily has spent her entire life singing and laughing in the field with her brothers and sisters. She knows that there are many lovely things she might do in life. She could stay in the field forever and help the bees make delicious honey. Or she could just spend her days staring up at the sky!



Still, Lily is excited when she is harvested with the other flowers. That means she has a special purpose! She will be taken to grace a beautiful wedding or to be part of a fancy bouquet. She will be able to bring joy and delight to humans.



Then something horrible happens. A gust of wind sweeps her away and carries her to a dry and deserted place. Lily starts crying tears of seeds. She doesn't want to spend the rest of her life here. What she doesn't know is that she has a unique mission, and it begins at this exact moment. What can Lily's purpose be?