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| Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons "This view [...] surrounded by fields all covered with yellow and purple flowers [...] like a Japanese dream." - Vincent van Gogh |
This is a note I sent to a childhood friend upon learning that her grandmother had passed away:
She was such a wonderful woman and I feel lucky to have known her and had her (and your mom!) as Scout leaders. One of my favorite stories that makes me think of her annually is from a camping trip we took in the Spring. She asked us to take a look around us and what color flowers we saw. We saw only purple and yellow - royal colors she explained. Continuing, she told us how the royal colors found in the flowers represented God's majesty and that if we looked, it was always to be found all around us.
I will continue to think of her every Spring, just as I'm thinking of you and your family now - fondly and with good wishes.
The early parts of Spring, with budding daffodils and crocuses, have passed, but I still see purple and yellow in the blooms here in Kansas: irises, dandelions (which I, in all truthfulness, love!), and flowers whose names that I don't know grow in my yard or around my neighborhood. Being that time of year, once again, I recall this memory. And I ask myself, "why do we wait to to say such nice things about people until after they are dead?"
I've been trying to be more vocal about my appreciation of friends and family. I have some amazing women in my life, ones I wish to emulate. They say things like "my dear" and "your friendship is the best present I could have" and "we are so lucky to have you in our lives" with all sincerity. These are words that make someone's day. What are you waiting for? Share a favorite memory. Go tell someone why you love them. Pick up the phone, shoot off an email, turn away from the computer or phone - do it now!
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