It Took 27 Years…

It took 27 years before I got my own orchid.

Orchids have been my favorite flower since I was 12 and worked in a little flower shop on base. The owners were friends of my mom, who worked on base and frequented their shop. When they needed a bit of help, they asked my mom if one of her daughters would be interested.

Of course I was interested in getting some pocket money, and the work wasn’t going to be frequent, so I jumped at the chance.

My first day working there I walked around in order to familiarize myself with the offerings. For some reason I was particularly drawn to the vases, especially the curving shapes and fragility of the stem vases.

I poured boiling hot water into a bucket and plunged the stems of baby’s breath into it! No way, I’m sure you’re thinking - I must be remembering wrong. But I’m not… I was amazed back then, too. This is the secret to getting those little closed buds to open, and quickly. It was fun to watch them just pop open, one after another.

I swept the floor and cleaned up the other debris, and on a break I got to look around some more. That’s when I discovered the orchids.

I was amazed at their beauty, their colors, and their unique shapes. I imagined that one day another flower would replace them as my favorite, but in the 27 years that have passed I’ve only grown to love them more.

I’ve wanted to own my own orchid, but several things have kept me from doing so: their expense and their complicated care.

I’ve been slowly applying the principles of feng shui to my house and decided that I wanted to have something “luxurious” in my Prosperity Corner. An orchid plant fit this description perfectly for me, and having read so much about their care (I’ve even taken a class about orchids at a local nursery), so I knew I could care for one if I was just willing to pay attention.

I hinted to Dave that an orchid might make a nice Valentine’s Day gift, if he was inclined to give me one, but didn’t really expect one. What I mean to say is that I knew that my desire for one was strong enough that I would be getting one soon, but that it didn’t need to come through Dave.

Yet it did. I was overjoyed.

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