丁香花开Of Lilacs and Springtime_小升初阅读

丁香花开Of Lilacs and Springtime

Recalling this Rockwell scene of a Sunday afternoon when I was twelve, Im reminded that for my mother torrential rains produced a rainbow, and there was always a pot of gold at the end of it. I love her sense of joy and optimism. And her ever ready willingness to share it.Throughout my childhood and over the course of my adult year when I met with succes my mother presented me with a bouquet of lilacs. And on the days when the lemons were so bitter they simply couldnt be made into lemonade, no matter how much sugar was added, like the day a good friend passed away; like the day when a long standing love relationship ended lilacs arrived from my mother with a note of understanding to match their beauty and sweet fragrance.Spring has always been your favorite time of year, she always reminded. As alway its within.Even so, it was the lilacs made her words ring true. With the sight and fragrance of that April mornings came the realization of why a trip home was necessary. I needed to assuage my sadnes my feelings of loneliness and melancholy. I was pining. My dear daughter, now an adult, had moved into a place of her own. She now lives many states and many miles away. While happy for her, I mourn the loss of her nearnessThat morning, the sight of the lilacs brought my mothers words back to life. They reminded me that in the midst of an internal winter, a winter that is within, I must recall the beauty of springtime and the scent of the lilacs. So I will not see her as having gone away, but rather as taking part in new and wondrous experiences in a world that has as many springtimes as winters.Dad, the lilacs are in bloom. Its spring! I assured my father that day.Hmm, he said, glancing at me, his expression skeptical. Noting my frown, his features softened. Of course its possible that spring has arrived, he placated, smiling. After all, like you said, the lilacs are in bloom.Oh, for the ever-renewing beauty of springtime! And the sweet and irrepressible scent of the lilacs to remind us that spring is found within.