What doth flowers speak of to a young lady?

I chanced upon a gal-friend's blog today in which she has an exasperated whinge on having not been the recipient of fresh flowers in a while.

What is it that makes a girl long for flowers? What is it that drives a man to make a frivolous purchase of temporarily lasting flowers or even stop by a meadow and pick some?

Fresh flowers encapsulate life and beauty in its folds. They say "You are beautiful and I appreciate you. Your radiance is reflected in nature. Your essence is frangrant. No gift is too frivolous for my deserving love!"

That's my take on this queer custom we have come to embrace and know in our human relationships anyway.

The last time I received flowers from my "not so secret admirer" was almost exactly a month ago - on 29 March 2006. I still have the little card that came with the bouquet in my work diary! They were a combination of red roses and white oriental lillies - the sweetest (and strongest) smelling flowers I'd ever received! What a romantic gesture to have them delivered to me at work!

The card referred me to:

Matthew 6:27-29
"Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

So on top of it all my flowers also shouted out "I know what you're going through and I care!" Am I super blessed and spoilt or what?! I must learn to remember these gestures and times and not take them for granted. :)

So guys out there if you've ever wondered ... giving a girl flowers is definitely still in vogue! Bonus points!!! xxx