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A Sweet Aroma
Thursday, July 11, 2019 by Maureen Lewicki
Categories: Empty nest / Grandma's heart / Love Your neighbor / writer's life
As I planted my freshly purchased annuals I wondered which flower was giving off such a sweet aroma.
I sniffed each one just before I dropped them into their new mud homes, but I never found that lovely spring messenger.
My work finally done, my grass-stained knees creaking, I gathered my shovels and wandered over to a bed I had not tended. I wanted to at least peak at it, my project for another day.
Tucked in among the Hostas, that plant that can overpower a garden, were some tenacious Lillies of the Valley.
Sweetly peeking out from among the Hostas, they stood unassuming and small, but sent out a fragrance as a message of their presence.
I want to have a fragrance not my own that sends out a message of hope and peace, even if I am nestled in among giants who have none.
Giants who can overwhelm. Like the lilies I want to be unassuming and make no excuse except that the hope is not my doing, and that anyone can have that same hope.
I pushed the Hosta leaves aside, cupped the little flowers in my hands and breathed in deeply, in no rush to leave them.
Yes. I want to be like them: with a fragrance of hope that draws people closer and makes them want to tarry.
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