Bridal Flowers

What a sweet little poem. Those of us with June weddings will especially like your poem.

The teacherage story is primarily a memoir but I have changed names and varied some of the incidents.

I love this, Gail. I can see it ... so clearly ... the delicateness with which God gifts this treasured moment. A reminder of the fragileness of the blessing, the care with which love must be maintained. His gifts speak to the soul with an eloquence impossible to be captured in an abundance of words. Thank you for this moment.

DeAnna

Short and sweet and amazingly lucid ! Lovely. Love your poems.
-Sabina

Beautiful poem. A lot of thought with so few words. Great work. David

When I see Queen Anne's Lace, instead of weddings, I always think of my mother. These lovely lacy flowers (akin to the carrot family, of all things) grew along the roadway about a mile from our house and many times Mama would come home with a bucket full. She'd put some red food coloring in one fruit jar, some yellow in another, and some blue coloring in still another jar. Then she'd plop the flowers into the jars and wait several hours or overnight, long enough for the coloring to soak into the stems and out into the flowerheads. Voila! She would then arrange the beautiful pink, light yellow, and baby blue long-stemmed flowers into a bouquet fit for the real Queen Anne. We children thought it was magical!
Thanks, Gail for stirring up my memory with your poem about Bridal Flowers. ~ Susan

Dear Gail,

Now that June, the time of the Honeymoon and nature's Queen Anne lace have passed for another year, there is still beautiful lace all around us on windows, doilies, delicate little hankies. Did you notice how scarlet dressed high ranking clergymen look stunning in lace? Whether on windows, hair or polished wood, lace is always about letting the light in.

You are a beacon of light for OurEcho. Veronica

Love all the great comments but wanted to add to your comment, that yes lace in any form lights up my day, especially Mother's hand made lacy doilies. When I made family books for each of my 6 children I put one of my Mother's doilies In the inside front of each book.
Gail