Say it with flowers.
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27562)
Philippines
May 4, 2021 2:32am CST
A beautiful childhood memory I have always loved brings me back to our home in Olongapo City. Our front yard has a pathway with San Francisco plants. Intertwined were unruly vines of sampaguitas that bloom tiny fragrant buds.
I would pick those white buds till my hands were full, then ran to our long wooden banquet table at the common dining room and sew the soft little buds into a garland.
Afterwards, my siblings and cousins and I would change into our white clothes. and leis in hand, we would ride the jeepney together to St/ Joseph's Church. There, we would sing traditional Marian songs while walking down the aisle to offer our flowers to Our Lady.
Songs to Mary, the Holy Mother of God. A collection of 10 Marian Hymns and Songs in honour of Mother Mary. This video is a collection of live recordings:1) S...
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
4 May 21
That's a happy memory of my childhood.
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@Belexhanns (3431)
• Kampala, Uganda
4 May 21
@eileenleyva I normally remember something too, I usually find myself laughing
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I find my self laughing alone.
@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
4 May 21
I still offer flowers to our Lord and His Mother everyday. Blooms from my garden.
@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
5 May 21
@erictsuma Not much but I love offering our God and Mama Mary flowers every day. Thank you very much.
@RebeccasFarm (86903)
• United States
4 May 21
Oh this is super lovely Eileen.
I love the hymns and the way you had described the lovely flowers and you
We also made flower necklace but I do not know the name.
We also made flower necklace but I do not know the name.1 person likes this
@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
5 May 21
Thank you. Now I feel I should plant sampaguitas again.
Perhaps you have the jasmine flowers in America. Here, take a look.
Perhaps you have the jasmine flowers in America. Here, take a look.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jasmine_flower_buds.jpg
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
6 May 21
@RebeccasFarm I have a male best friend who lives in New Zealand now with his family. Everytime we communicate, he would ask me first 'When was the last time you smell the flowers?'
I have a Rosal plant (Gardenia in your continent) that is blooming fragrant white flowers this season. So I smell the flowers every day.
@RebeccasFarm (86903)
• United States
5 May 21
@eileenleyva Perhaps..I love the jasmine thank you
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
4 May 21
@thelme55 I still put a flower underneath my dress, on my collarbone, whenever I see sampaguitas.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
4 May 21
Yup. Sampaguita and Ilang-ilang are so fragrant I also make these flowers my natural perfume.
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@thelme55 (76480)
• Germany
4 May 21
@eileenleyva Yes, they were our natural perfume before.
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@HomewardBound (551)
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4 May 21
That is such a lovely memory and the music is beautiful. Thanks for sharing it.
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