lAVENDER ORCHIDS FOR THE ADOPTED MOM I WAS NOT YOUNG WHEN SHE TOOK ME, I WAS NOT ALONE, I HAD MY CHILDREN AND THEIRS AND THEN THEIRS. MANY TIERS. SHE TOOK ME FOR HER OWN AND I KNEW TO GO TO HER. WHETHER IT WAS THE PERFECT TEA OR THE CONVERSATION OF PAST LOVES AND PRESENT HEARTACHE, I LET HER TAKE ME. SHE TOOK ME TO THE LAND OF THE WISE AND TAUGHT ME TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THAT WHICH IS PRECIOUS AND WAIT I DID. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO HEAL AND CONSOLE AND THAT I DID. SHE TAUGHT ME THE WAY OF SOOTHING THE SAD AND I LEARNED IT WELL. SHE SHOWED ME THE OLD SEEDS AND THE NEW BLOOM AND HOW TO LOVE GOD AND LET HIM LOVE ME BACK. SHE SHOWED ME SOME KITCHEN WITCHERY, I AM SWORN NOT TO TELL. SHE HAS MADE MY PAINTING FINER AND MORE DELICATE AS SHE IS THAT. I HAVE BECOME MORE THOUGHFUL AND LOVING BEING HERS AND HER BEING MINE. I HAVE COME TO ADORE LAVENDER AS SHE DOES. I AM ENAMOURED WITH THE WAY SHE WALKS SO SLOWLY AND METHODICAL AND GRACEFUL, EVERYTHING ABOUT HER IS GRACE. I SEE THAT I WILL BE SIMILAR TO HER AS I AGE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SHE HAS TAUGHT ME IS TO TRUST LOVE AND TO NURTURE IT LIKE AN ORCHID. FEED AND WATER CAREFULLY AND TAKE CARE OF THE AMOUNT OF SUN, BUT AS AN ORCHID SHOWS ITS COLOR BUT TWICE A YEAR IF YOU ARE LUCKY THE LOVE SHE TAUGHT ME AND THE LOVE I HAVE FOUND HAS ME BLOOMING YEAR ROUND. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO YOU, MY LOVELY ONE AND YOUR ADOPTED MOM AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WHO ARE MOMS AND ALL THE MOMS IN THE SKY AND THE EARTHLY ONES AS WELL. MIGUEL OR MICHAEL