When this whole alphabet blogging thing came up, Jeremy was the first to fill in Z and the first thing he said was "Zuzu's Petals" from It's a Wonderful Life. And this post, I knew from the start of this project what I was going to share. I guess you could say I was holding out for the last post.
When I was a kid my mom had this little itty-bitty brown, cut glass, vase. It was always in the kitchen window - I think it had a brother in green at one time but, if so, he's long gone. This vase is only 4" tall and cute as a bug's ear. Sometimes, she used it to help root smaller plants but, mostly it was just perfect for those little bouquets of daisies, violets, or dandelions that us kids loved to pick out of the grass and give to our mom. At least I loved to!
When Jacob was about 3 or 4 we had stopped over to my mom's house and this little vase was still on her windowsill - where it's been for the last 30 some years - probably since I last filled it with flowers for her. I've passed it at least a hundred times. I never thought about it, never asked about it. I don't even know where it came from. She and I were in the kitchen as I was packing up to head home when she turned back, reached out to the windowsill and she passed this little brown vase on to me and said "you're a mom now, it's your turn to have this for the flowers Jacob will bring to you". She knew what was coming. She knew all about little boys.
I took that little vase home with me, wrapped with care so nothing could happen to it. I don't have a windowsill over my kitchen sink but, I do have a little shelf where it sits waiting for the next little bouquet.
My mom's little brown vase is rarely without petals again and now I know what it's like to get these little flowers...the best flowers I've ever been given, from this little boy...who's stolen my heart. He calls me mom! He loves to pick flowers for me. He comes in with a little stem of a flower and they float perfectly in my mom's little vase. Just like she knew they would. Just like they did when they were for her.
This is so sweet, it brought tears to my eyes. We have one of these either at my moms or the cabin, I'm going to search for it. I need something for just this, flowers from the boys.
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