Flowers are in a way, part and parcel of our culture and life. It's ubiquitous and handed down in all sorts of occasions, either given as a gesture of welcoming a new life, to a means to bid goodbye to someone who held our hearts.
Celebrating the arrival of a new life
The arrival of a new life marks the beginning of great changes in a family's life.
It's a fact that bearing and rearing one into the world is a miracle in itself.
A laboring and tedious nine months awaits the new mom and dad, and that is why a celebration and a positive acknowledgment is a great gesture to extend for anyone who has a baby.
Sending
flowers during this time bespeaks utter delight and appreciation for the new changes ahead.
Flowers in celebration and fun
The 365 days in the calendar is filled with various celebrations and events that celebrate life and its key moments. You have to admit that flowers seems to appear on any occasion that you can think of.
Celebrating your mom and dad's worth always leaves a florist naked and stripped. The various national holidays and affirming patriotic celebrations makes use of the various flower designs and arrangements to further enhance and mark the extraordinariness of the day.
Flowers can make what seems to be a mundane and trite tradition into something that we can always look forward to, a lively concoction to brighten up the whole occasion.
Falling in love through petals and blooms
It's not a complete declaration of love without bouquets of flowers in bloom. It has been a tradition of lovers and couples in love to celebrate their romance through various shades of roses and blooms.
To see this age-old tradition in action, one needs not to look any further than the holy days of love, which is Valentine's Day. There are no other days in the year where everything you see and touch is filled with red fiery love. It's not surprising to pass by a sea of couples clutching an assortment of stuffed toys, chocolates and various bouquets of flowers.
Saying goodbye for a life remembered
During one of the bleakest and darkest days, it's hard to cheer up and console someone who had lost someone that meant the world to them.
Words of comfort are always a soothing gesture, promises of a better life after the tragic road bump can trigger a smile, however it never really puts back the one thing they want in the world.
The presence of family, friends and support is not lost with them, however with all the emotional baggage and heavy mix up with their feelings, it might end up just a blur in their present state.
Sending
flowers may not be the most expensive or earth-shattering gift you can give in their time of distress, but it's actually one of the most concrete and simple outward gestures of comfort. As the days pass by, and the funeral arrangements have died down, the bereaved family can look back at the hordes of various flower bouquets on display and simply marvel at how loved their dearly departed was, which in full would make them all the more peaceful and accepting of the dire change in their lives.
In death, celebration and love, flowers have been a permanent affirming gesture of life at its best.
