Not only do I like to eat lemon meringue pie, I also like to bake lemon meringue pie. If you knew how much I hate to cook you might be surprised by that revelation. Cooking and baking are two totally different skill sets. In my mind, baking bread and pie is an art form. A skill that takes practice and finesse. Cooking a meal is just work. So, four years ago when I saw this plant's tag that said Decadence® ‘Lemon Meringue’, I bought it. It's also called Baptisia and more commonly known as false indigo. I planted it in early spring on the northeast corner of the front porch. That fall, I decided the front porch needed new cement and scheduled a contractor. I relocated my lemon meringue to a temporary place in my raised stock tank garden. The contractor was delayed - for two years! Lemon Meringue Pie did fairly well neighboring with potatoes that first year but never bloomed.  The second year I forgot about Lemon Meringue Pie until I cut through its roots when planting potatoes. It didn't do well that spring but managed to survive. That fall, after new cement was poured, I transplanted Lemon Meringue to the sunny south side of that new porch. Last spring it sent up a dozen shoots and half that many blooms. This spring it's a full-grown shrub ablaze with sunny lemony blooms. 

Patience through hardships, temporary though they may be. We may struggle finding where we belong. We may feel like our hearts have been torn in two and our souls cut deep. We may have little in common with our closest friends and at times may feel forgotten or abandoned. When we persevere. When we put our faith in God who knows our future there will come a day when He who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, will make us beautifully perfect when He shines His light upon our path and tells us we are where we belong in the arms of the Lord Almighty.                                                                                                                                    4-26-2026