When Amanda asked me to share a story about courage or strength or joy or gratitude, my mind kept going back to flowers. What is it about flowers? I love seeing them, taking pictures of them, and sharing them.
These days flowers give me courage and strength as well as making me feel joy and gratitude. Flowers remind me of my mom who passed away in 2017. She was a dedicated flower, plant, and tree lover. She spent hours tending her garden and also admiring others’ gardens. If I see a flower, I have happy thoughts of her. Flowers give me the courage and strength not to dwell in sadness. I’m grateful I get to see so many flowers.
Sending a big THANK YOU to all the amazing gardeners out there who bring me (and everyone like me) so much joy.
Jacqui Nelson lives near the seaside (in Victoria on Canada’s southwest coast) but she grew up on a farm (in northern Alberta on Canada’s prairies). She loves the ocean but misses the farm - and dreams of the day when she’ll have a home big enough for a pair of Corgi dogs and a flower garden.
