
……………………….Many flowers have been given a meaning…………The Victorians had Morning Glories engraved on gravestones to signify a love that never ended……The Chinese said that for lovers who, due to their passionate love, shirked all other responsibilities, were doomed to only meet once a year when the Morning Glory bloomed for a day and then died……The Christians believed that the Morning Glory related directly to the finite nature of life on earth, each single flower representing “one” life, being represented by the daylight hours, only to wither and finally die by nightfall.
………………………Heavenly Blue Morning Glories were one of Jac’s favorite flowers. Every spring Jac would plant them against a white trellis, where the clinging vines could grow straight up. She loved them, and would always call me out in the morning to see them. This spring I planted seven plants against the trellis, and watched them grow, grow, grow.Their beautiful robust heart shaped leaves have grown to become a mass of deep green……Early in the season,when the leaves reached the top of the trellis and matured, a single beautiful and perfect bloom appeared…..I took this as a sign that this season I would have lots of beautiful flowers…….but that was not to be……………It is now the end of August and not one single flower bloomed again…..This never happened before. There are logical reasons for this to have happened…….but I believe Jac sent me this one beautiful bloom that was her. There is no need for another……it’s a memory I will always have of this single beautiful Morning Glory……another message from my Jac.