Rosemarie Wurth-Grice, 69, is the owner and operator of Briar Rose Garden, a flower farm on the outskirts of Bowling Green, Kentucky. She turned to growing flowers as a way to heal after the loss of her husband, Dorsey Grice, who passed away from cancer. "There was profound grief," Wurth-Grice said. "And I found that working in the earth, and seeing a plant grow from seed and go through all the life cycles and die back, and then in the spring you start over - it's that renewal."

In addition to running a successful flower farm, Wurth-Grice is a writer and poet. She taught high school English for 23 years, earned her master's degree in creative writing from WKU, and recently published her first poetry chapbook, Darkness Called Us Home. Much of her work on the farm is done alone, and at times she finds it physically and emotionally demanding.

There are moments when she questions how much longer she can continue with it, but she is continually reminded of the positive impact her work has on others. Notes, messages, and kind words from visitors encourage her to keep going. "Knowing in little ways that I'm doing something that's affecting other people in a positive way, especially in this world, where everything seems so negative," Wurth-Grice said. "It's those little things that make me think, 'Okay, I can do this'."