Wheelchair Gardener: Need help with identity of this plant

Inspiration

We do not remember days...

We remember moments.

(Cesare Pavese)

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"An hour in the garden puts life's problems into perspective."

Some say I am confined to wheelchairBut I don’t think they know

That though my body is affected I still am on the go.

I go to visit those I love

And walk to market place;

I tread the woods until it rains

And then the rainbow trace.

Of course my body cannot always go

For it’s been restricted for days,

But who would say paralysis confines

A soul and mind that dreams and prays?

Although my body sometimes lets me down

Through days of darkest night,

My spirit soars on wings of prayer

And moves with speed of light.

In dreams and prayer I visit those I love;

Great is the gift of prayer;

And when my thoughts are beamed toward you

You’ll sense my presence there.

-Borrowed

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Need help with identity of this plant

This is a low growing, fuzzy leaf plant that grows in shade. Has a purplish tint to the dark green leaves and in a few weeks will start having flowers. The flower is purple and kind of like a petunia. The throat of the flower comes out from the plant and the open part--the petals drop down.
Here is the flower

Does anyone have a name for it?