There's so much that's special about these mushrooms. I can't look at them without smiling. I poked them into the kitchen garden this year like Sarah did last year. I love her style. We found our mushrooms in the central Pennsylvania town of Lititz when we visited its charming Main Street shops the day after John and Nirali's wedding. The shopkeeper displayed dozens of them alongside the building where their brightly-colored, glazed caps commingled with equally bright and colorful flowers to create a garden fit for the most discerning fairy; but that's not the most special part of their story.
Mike and I visited and fell in love with Lititz years earlier, and the sweet little town’s tug on our heartstrings had never loosened. We'd always dreamed of returning, and return we did in July 2017 for our beloved son's wedding. We'd had no way of knowing his future wife was growing up in Lititz, but we do know we don't believe in coincidences.
The Lord works in the most mysterious, miraculous ways; and with eyes wide open, by His grace we sometimes see Him at work. Our heartstrings are now forever firmly tied to tiny Lititz, and a smile is always on my face when I catch sight of these magical mushrooms.
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my
heart;
I will tell of all your wonders.
— Psalms 9:1
