Flowers

We all know that Herself is not good with plants:  whether rooted or fresh-cut, most plants wither and die promptly despite her best efforts. She just does not understand plants -- even though, oddly, one of her favorite classes in college was plant biology. 

Recognizing her inability to tend to any kind of foliage, she does not bother with flowers.  She likes flowers very much -- the colors, the smell, the feel of the petals.  It seems a waste of money, though, to purchase them when she knows that they are so ephemeral under her care.

Nevertheless, this morning during one of her frequent trips to the grocery store, she found herself contemplating the flowers.  Perhaps someday she will get some anyway.  They may survive only a short while, but she will enjoy them as long as they are here.