Do you remember when the pandemic began in 2020? Life changed a lot. Even though we still had birthdays and holidays, everything suddenly felt different. We wore masks, we rarely gathered, and only in small safe groups. We kept our distance to keep each other safe.

Glimmers of hope can arrive at unexpected times, though. This is a story about one of those glimmers that grew into a whole story of hope, in the form of a tiny caterpillar who came to teach us that full-of-life things can, and do, burst forth even during life’s most difficult times.