A Fistful Of Love

Every Day Is A Parade

Have you ever witnessed someone’s child acting out, you know, the child that’s a bit mad because they can’t have their way? Last month, I witnessed what first appeared to be a tiff between a mother and daughter, but soon it became an adorable act of love by a child. I was in the school parking lot waiting in my car for my son at the end of the day for our trip back home. I watched a mother and her preschool daughter walking on the sidewalk in front of me. The little girl broke lose of her mother’s grip and ran over to a tulip that was on the school’s grounds. She had her hand on the stem of the tulip and I could tell she was asking her mom if she could pick it. Her mom shook her head “no” and then proceeded to walk towards the school’s front door. The little girl immediately crossed her arms and appeared upset as she followed her mom. Then the unexpected happened. The young girl went off the sidewalk again and went into the grass, reached down, pulled up a dandelion and held it behind her back without her mom knowing what she had just done. She then ran to her mom and presented her mother with this beautiful dandelion. I didn’t get to see the mother’s reaction because she had her back facing me, plus at this point the school bell went off and a ton of kids were eagerly heading to the buses or to their mom or dad. All I know is I was grinning ear to ear having seen this sweet little girl wanting nothing more than to please her mom. She wasn’t able to give her mom the first flower she saw on that walk into the school, but she did give her the most popular flower given to moms worldwide for years and years – the precious dandelion. Some people don’t like to see those yellow weeds in their yard. I say, let the dandelions runneth all over my green grass, I need a bouquet!