In my last post about the beautiful Cosmo flowers that grow here in Okinawa, I mentioned the Indian Blankets that used to fill the fields of our Texas farm. I looked forward to these blooming every year! There is a little more to the story about these flowers…I lost my grandmother 9 years ago this year to breast cancer. She was everything to me and my best friend. We would talk on the phone for hours..and she taught me what unconditional love really is. When I was pregnant with my oldest son, I lived in Camp Lejeune, NC and I was really sick the whole nine months. She called me EVERY day just to see how I was doing…that’s just who she was! We moved into our Texas farmhouse the week she passed away…she never got to see it. Her favorite flower was the Indian Blanket wildflowers that grow in Texas during the Spring. I would always pick these flowers for her, and we would put them in a vase in her house. She just loved these flowers so much. The Spring after she passed away…I found that my entire pasture was filled with these Indian Blankets as far as the eye could see. I just know that somehow it was her saying I’m here with you and you are going to be ok. We lived here for 8 years, and every year the flowers would fill my fields during the Spring. I looked forward to them every year! These pictures are so special to me because she never got to meet my sweet Colt…I believe that somewhere in Heaven their paths crossed and she gave him a big hug before he came down to me! She was an amazing woman and I miss her so much! XXXOOO
I have an exciting project that I have been working on to honor her. I cannot wait to share it with you in the next few weeks!
