Heartsease

Heartsease.

You may call it Viola, Pansy or Johnny Jump Up.

The Pansy is the cultivated variety of this once wildflower.    

This little flower is reported to have medicinal properties.

It was nicknamed by the Victorians who had a language of flowers.

They would speak secret messages to one another through the gift of blossoms.

This little posey sent the message that someone was thought of.

I've been smitten with Heartsease this spring. 

I hadn't realized how drawn to the motif I was, until I started sprinkling it about.

I have spent a little time this week thinking about the easing of my heart.

Time is a great healer.

  What seemed so sudden and devastating has a way of easing with time.

About some things, I even wonder why I was so upset?  

 I realized a few years ago that I needed to stop running around "fixing" everything.

 Of course some things are not fixable and I need to let a power greater than myself handle things.
 My daughter, is who is wise beyond her years, reminded me that I need to come to terms with the things I cannot change.

  I even think that if I "move over" the Lord can get to work.

 I'm sending a few warm thoughts out today - the anniversary of my little brother's devastating stroke. 
Read about it here.
He has come a long way in three years. 
Time and a Higher Power have a way of healing things. 

I just love this little flower.

Sprinkled with Heartsease,
Katie
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