FIELD OF FLUFF
I know that the poor dandelion gets a bad rap. But let's face it...everyone has at least a tiny bit of love in their hear for the little weed. I know when you stand out in your yard, and they are everywhere, you want to curse them, and pluck them and stomp them out.
But we all have moments when a dandelion has brought a smile to our face. Think back to childhood when you would see a field full of newly blossomed dandelions, and you would go and pick a giant bouquet of them to present proudly to your mama to show your love to her. Remember running to the ripe ones that are white and puffy, and nobody can resist blowing the fluff off the top. Or the ever popular poem children would sing while flipping the top off the dandelion off with their thumb, "Mama had a baby and its head popped off!" Or can you remember sniffing the dandelion to see if they had a lovely scent, and then have your friends giggle at the golden tint on the end of your nose?
But as a grown up, the mothers of the world get tears of joy as their little toddlers pick bunches of the flowers to place on the dinner table. And what grown-up can honestly say they don't still want to blow the fuzz of the mature flowers?
So let's give the dandelion the credit it deserves.
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