I Thought You Said This Would Work

by Ann Garvin

“We’re odd, we humans,” she would say. “We know people die, but we act astonished when it happens. What is astonishing about death is our certainty that it isn’t going to happen to us or anyone we know without some kind of warning. And, we live our life doing stupid things like gossiping, when we should spend all our days planting flowers.”

When I meet people who exude warmth, I perk up. I’m like a daisy in need: when the sun shines, I bloom.