He remembered that when he was very little he had picked dandelions, made a wish and blown the fluffy bits into the wind. He remembered that Mom and Dad hadn’t really liked that much, but he’d done it anyway. He’d always wondered when his wish would come true. Now though, he couldn’t remember if any of them every had.
When he was a little older, but still young enough to be called a kid, he remembered the pretty girl he had a crush on. He knew, by watching Dad give flowers to Mom, that that was what you did when you liked a girl. He remembered picking the one he thought was the prettiest and handing it to the girl. He had been shy, he remembered, and had blushed. But she had done the same, and smiled, which made it worth it.
When he was older and he had to start cutting and weeding the lawn for Mom and Dad, he didn’t like them anymore. They always seemed to spring up out of nowhere over night, constantly causing him to say mean things to them under his breath. When he finally owned his own place after years of saving, those mean things were no longer said under his breath.
Now as he watched his own kids and making wishes, he didn’t mind them quite as much. They reminded him of when he was little and didn’t care if the fluffy bits made hundreds more. He would make wishes himself from time to time, and had more than once caught himself wondering when his wish would come true.
Though he knew it didn’t really matter if it came true or not. It simply reminded him that his childhood self was still in there somewhere. The child that hadn’t gotten annoyed or frustrated at dandelions, but had instead gave them to pretty girls on the playground and waited for wishes to come true.
Sweet – there is a story in your scrapbook section of things Grandma Jan wrote that is about a dandelion bouquet.
Thanks! I’ll have to check it out
Nice sentiment.
Thanks!
Wow, that’s beautiful
Thank you!
It awoke the little bit of child left in me. I remember wishing on dandelions too.
I’m glad 🙂 I love finding the child in me after forgetting about it for a while
Same here ?
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Thank you – whatever that was I couldn’t see it.
Awesome ! I don’t know anyone who didn’t wish on dandelions as a child, wonderfully written.
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Thank you! I’ll check it out:)
Thank you !