Giving is Natural, Flowers for Everyone

This morning I woke up thinking of tissue paper flowers-- do you remember making those for your Mother's when you were younger? Perhaps you were in nursery school, summer camp, primary school, day care, or in an art class; maybe it was Mother's Day, or Valentines Day, or some other Day, and some other reason for making tissue paper flowers.

All of us sitting on the floor, with the desks (or tables) pushed to the side, and the pile of squares upon squares of rainbows of tissue paper appearing like stained glass windows, tempting us with infinite blends for our petals to achieve perfection.

I remember having trouble selecting only three colours for each of my flowers- only three? imagine the possibilities that open up when we use four...Oh and five! I remember (only once) asking if I might be allowed to use an extra pipe cleaner and an extra piece of tissue paper to attempt the task of leaves on my flower, but of course, I was precocious, at a mere six years old: did I really think it was possible to accomplish?

I do NOT remember ever making tissue paper flowers for my father on Father's Day; yet, I will never forget the I first time I saw his reaction to flowers that my Mother had sent him, just because. I know he would have loved my tissue paper flowers too.

Flowers can brighten any room for anyone on any day