My mother would
tell me about picking flowers as a child in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, and
leaving them in handmade paper baskets on neighbors’ doorsteps, as offerings
for May Day.
There are many
rituals to mark the day around the world—everything from leis to caps to
lemonade to maypoles to lilies of the valley to morris dancing to Flower Boat
Ceremonies to bathing in the morning dew or sea to hobby horses and accordions
to motorbikes and madrigals to barbeque breakfasts to foxtrots to kisses. And of course it’s also International
Workers’ Day (the day of St. Joseph the Worker).
I’d love to leave
flowers on the doorstep of everyone who has touched my heart this year, to
cheer them in return. Here are
some flowers I place lovingly on the virtual doorstep, to say—always
inadequately—thank you, and happy May Day!
(And happy May Day,
Mama—I miss you.)
image: Christie B. Cochrell, Gift of Flowers
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