My mom loved flowers and our backyard in California was always
overflowing with many varieties of them. Usually Mom liked to keep
flowers alive and growing outside, with one exception. At dinnertime,
when we would always sit down and eat together as a family, she would
pick one flower, usually a hibiscus, camellia or gardenia, and float it
in a small bowl of water for a simple, yet lovely, table decoration.
Sometimes the little things a mother does become a wonderful family
memory!
