Burst into Bloom

Living gratefully today, I appreciate my workplace, co-workers, efforts to honor seniors and 8th graders as they graduate, and the hard work done by so many to keep our school functioning as a school community in the middle of circumstances none of us saw coming. 

There is hope in this quote, and awe in the pictures: 

The flower is always the bud’s undoing. Let go then. Step into the river lean into the wind let the strength of the earth rise through you. Watch your fingertips burst into bloom.

(Pavithra K. Mehta)

These are irises that probably date back to the 1970’s. They were at my mother-in-law Marlene’s house when she moved there. In 2017, she had to move because her home was now part of a large road construction project. When it is done, a service road will be going through what was once her living room and kitchen. Her house was bought and moved.  

My husband Darcy dug some of these up and we replanted them in our background. They have taken wonderful hold in the soil here and impress us each year with their color and beauty. The top photo was taken Sunday, the second photo just two days later.  Bursting into bloom. 

Transplanted flowers and homes make new lives for themselves and the people around them. 

Humans letting go of pain and suffering can grieve and heal and also burst into bloom in new ways.