There are so many reasons I chose dandelions to represent my Lucy. First and foremost, if I had one WISH, I would wish for My Dear Lucy.
Second, Dandelions represent this child-like quality. The epitome of pure innocence. A child, running through the back yard on a warm Spring day, picking one up and blowing on it, trying to see if they can get all the seeds off so their wish will come true. Lucy was innocent. A child. A child who should have been running through fields picking up Dandelions with her big sister, but instead she runs the fields of Heaven. And I can picture her doing that. Running through those Heavenly fields full of Beautiful Golden Dandelions.
Lastly, children view Dandelions as flowers. But adults, we tend to view Dandelions as weeds. They are a problem. They are not pretty. They need to be removed. And although we did not view Lucy with such harsh eyes, we felt we were facing a problem that we had to take care of. Now that it is over, unfortunately too late, I view her through the eyes of a child, the most accurate way of seeing her. Her life was/is Beautiful, just like the Dandelion Flower.
Now when I look in my back yard and see it filled with Dandelion Flowers, I think of how Lucy is always looking over me. She is not so far away. And I will one day, see her and hold her again.
Here are some images I have found on Google, but I would like to do a photoshoot of Dandelions this Spring so I can have more meaningful pictures around the house.
These are beautiful reasons. Lucy is lucky to have someone who remembers her so well!
ReplyDeleteI'm about to go all nerd on you here, but I think it's fitting.
This is one of the line in the last chapter of the Hunger Games series...
"What I need is the dandelion in the spring, the bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on no matter how bad the losses. That it can be good again."
I think that line fits pretty well with this, as well.
Thank You, Christina. :) I really do like that a lot. I think I am going to try to find a framed poster that says that. I always wondered what all that dandelion in the Spring stuff was about. That's Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank You, Christina. :) I really do like that a lot. I think I am going to try to find a framed poster that says that. I always wondered what all that dandelion in the Spring stuff was about. That's Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like it :) I looked on Etsy, and I found this one...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.etsy.com/listing/122744086/what-i-need-is-a-dandelion-in-spring?ref=sr_gallery_18&ga_search_query=hunger+games+dandelion&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all
There may be others on different sites.