The One About The Pink Gladioli & Precious Things
Every Tuesday, there's a Farmers' Market that is set up near Harvard Yard. I pass by it on the way home, so I'd usually browse there to see if I can find anything interesting. And last Tuesday, I found something that brightened my life for quite a while.
Pink gladioli.
They're my mum's favourite flowers. Every time we are out buying flowers, her eyes would invariably be drawn to the gladioli. That's why when I saw the flowers, I almost wept, because they reminded me so much of my mum.
The girl selling them was really nice, and I was able to buy 2 stalks for only $1. I was so happy with them that it must have shown on my face, because a man on the street actually stopped me to tell me that he thought they were beautiful! You can imagine how very very very elated and blissfully overjoyed I was that day!
Well, they certainly gave me great joy! I put them in a glass container and watched them bloom by the window. That's where I study, so looking up from my books naturally meant that I would see them. And that makes it easier to pass the day although I am buried in my books all day long.
Next to my vase of gladioli are 2 very precious items that keep me comforted and grounded through my loneliness in Boston. The first is an iceman that my sister Florence gave me.
She bought this during her travels and it's supposed to be a replica of an ice-sculpture that Eskimos carve and place on paths so that it would point the way home for them. I put it where I can always see it so that I would always know the way home.
The other is the crystal ball in which is carved the relief of a mountain.
My mum gave it to me, and it's her way of encouraging me to see that I can hold the highest mountain easily in my palm. Seeing it makes me feel her love, and then things don't look so insurmountable then.
No matter where we are, it's important that we always know the way home.
I'm glad that I do.
Pink gladioli.
They're my mum's favourite flowers. Every time we are out buying flowers, her eyes would invariably be drawn to the gladioli. That's why when I saw the flowers, I almost wept, because they reminded me so much of my mum.
The girl selling them was really nice, and I was able to buy 2 stalks for only $1. I was so happy with them that it must have shown on my face, because a man on the street actually stopped me to tell me that he thought they were beautiful! You can imagine how very very very elated and blissfully overjoyed I was that day!
Well, they certainly gave me great joy! I put them in a glass container and watched them bloom by the window. That's where I study, so looking up from my books naturally meant that I would see them. And that makes it easier to pass the day although I am buried in my books all day long.
Next to my vase of gladioli are 2 very precious items that keep me comforted and grounded through my loneliness in Boston. The first is an iceman that my sister Florence gave me.
She bought this during her travels and it's supposed to be a replica of an ice-sculpture that Eskimos carve and place on paths so that it would point the way home for them. I put it where I can always see it so that I would always know the way home.The other is the crystal ball in which is carved the relief of a mountain.
My mum gave it to me, and it's her way of encouraging me to see that I can hold the highest mountain easily in my palm. Seeing it makes me feel her love, and then things don't look so insurmountable then.No matter where we are, it's important that we always know the way home.
I'm glad that I do.
Wow.. Eventful day! And really it's nice to be reminded that you aren't alone, you have a lot of love ones back home waiting for your return! ;)
Posted by
June |
12:23 AM
Hi, it’s Gerard
Wrong place to post this but I need to try to get your attention in case you're not checking your emails lah.
Need to contact you re yearbook. Need your help re the Sec 4 pages. Think you’re probably the only one who can rescue the pages.
Is there a number I can call you at? And what time can I call you, taking into account the time difference? Or are you back in Singapore?
Let me know?
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7:35 PM
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