love in the mail

I'm not gonna lie, the past few weeks have been kind of rough here in Emilyland. Seems like 2011 is shaping up to be a year of big changes and hard choices.

Which is why I was so happy to receive this package from my father last night. It made "home" feel just a little closer...

I can't wait to make some of the tons of German goodies he managed to pack in that box, but my very favorite part of the whole thing was this:


My favorite flower!