A woman rushed through the house. ”Where is my beautiful girl hiding?” she cried in a voice full of joyful expectation.
She found her in the kitchen, holding a cracked, old mug in her hands. A cloud of dark energy hovered overhead. A slow stream of hollow, grey spirits were moving towards it through the air. ”What happened, dear?” the woman asked worriedly.
”I… They… Somebody put grandma’s cup in the dishwasher. And… it didn’t survive.” The girl raised her head, looking forlorn and lost.
”Oh! But that was probably an accident.”
”Of course it was an accident! But the cup – it was a dear memory for me. I have so little left of her.”
The woman knitted her brows and then suddenly, her face cleared. ”Wait a minute!” she exclaimed and ran out of the house.
A short while later she came back again, carrying a small, sweet plant. ”Do you like it?” she asked the girl.
The girl blinked, confused, and regarded it closely. Delicate yellow flowers and clover leaves looked back at her…
”It’s beautiful,” she said at last, with a small smile.
”You know what? You can save it! The neighbour was just going to throw it out. We will plant it in this mug, give it some light and water… The cup will hold moisture well enough, and the cracks will allow the roots to breathe. And when the flower has grown strong, absorbing all these good memories from the mug, then you can plant it in the garden. And the love and good memories of your grandmother will never die.”
”Do you really think so?” the girl asked, wonder and hope in her voice.
”Of course, my dear! You know, I am not just your aunt…”
The girl hugged the woman. ”Oh, how I missed you, Auntie!”
”I missed you too, my dear,” the woman said softly, hugging the girl and smiling as she sensed the dark cloud dissolving overhead. ”I missed you too…”
As the dark cloud disappeared, motes of glittering energy began to bob and weave through the air in its place. The grey spirits hurried away, and small, beautiful, transparent sylphs started to dance through the room.
”Every time I look at the plant, I will remember grandma,” the girl whispered for herself.
Her aunt smiled.
Attribution
Story: Elena Voroniouk © 2019, all rights reserved.
Photography (in order of appearence):
“We Crack … We Break … We Grow” by Praṇav – Let there be….. LIGHT.
“All Embracing” by Sonia Adam Murray
Reflections of the Heart 
A delightful tale of recycling, repurposing/rebirth, love and family. I have a few special things from my old family that I would be sad if they broke. But they can have another life, can’t they?
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Dear Amanda, thank you 🙂
Yes, we breathe life into all things, with our feelings and thoughts. I have, for instance, cups and mugs from some of the places I have travelled, and I treasure them far more than any ordinary utensils – for when I see them, touch them, use them – I recall and remember those dear memories… and it feels to me like some of that atmosphere surrounds them and is brought back into my home, even here in Denmark… 🙂
I never really considered that it would be possible to use them for planting plants… and I think that is a great idea 🙂
Have a beautiful week, dear Amanda! 🙂
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I can relate. I have a few coffee mugs like that, and particularly one from the German Christmas markets bring back memories every time. I have success with growing small cacti in the broken ir cracked onetonegrowing small cactuswis all the fashion atm. Requiring sunlight and very little water, cacti are perfect house plants although perhaps they would need more light in a Danish winter?
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Cacti grow very fine in Denmark – but only indoors! 😀
Just keep them nearby windows (light, light, light…) but away from draft and too much water 😉
Have a lovely continued week, dear Amanda! 🙂
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Loads of people kill indoor plants of all kind with too much water…..
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beautiful..
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Thank you very much, dear Richard!
So glad to hear from you.:))
May you have a great autumn time! :))
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Lovely.
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Thank you so much, Gloria!
Have a wonderful weekend 🏵️🎶
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