my daughter’s
every smile is
sunshine
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: My boys might be jealous, but here is a love note to my youngest, our little sunshine. If we have spirit flowers, not just spirit animals, then my daughter’s would surely be the yellow dahlia. A fitting topic for the Winter Solstice. What would your spirit flower be and why?
Happy Poetry Friday! Thanks to Buffy Silverman, a wonderful nature poet, for hosting!
53 thoughts on “A Daughter’s Smile”
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Beautiful…
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TY!
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Nothing can complete with the joy of seeing those smiles!
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So true. They are such lovely smiles.
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How beautiful, Brenda!
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Thanks, Resa. I hope your holiday was wonderful.
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I’ll take zinnia — hardy and colorful, feeding the late summer butterflies, inviting the monarchs to come to the milkweed.
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I love the zinnia, too. And it like to come inside in the winter, just like me.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
DRIP[PING WITH THE DEW OF HER MOTHER’S LOVE!
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She is loved. 🙂
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Beautiful
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Thanks!
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My daughter’s smile is sunshine, as well…but I’d still love to see some flowers outside right now!
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Frost flowers, maybe.
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How special your poem is, and goes so well with the gorgeous yellow dahlia, I think… I used to call my daughter my sunflower and still do sometimes–that’s what she reminds me of. My spirit flower is a toss up between a sunflower and the flower from a milkweed plant, which is oh so sweet. Happy Holidays to you and your family Brenda!
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Happy Holidays to you, too!
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Amen. And when you have two– DOUBLE the warm rays!!
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I have two boys, and they are double love, too. 🙂
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So beautiful ! 🙂 Joyeux Noël – Merry Christmas 🙂
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Joyeux Noël a toi!
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Such a sweet poem to capture a sweet smile. Hmmm… I guess Oenothera? (Evening primrose–blooming when no one is watching, then closing up in the light of a crowd.)
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An introverted flower. Just right for you. 🙂
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Love your little ‘love note’, Brenda. A smiling daughter is special for sure!
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Thanks, Linda. 🙂 We all need more love.
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awwwwwwwww…..yes, yes it is. For me too…my children’s smiles are the best.
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🙂
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What a sweet love note to your daughter. I don’t know what flower I would choose for myself.
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Maybe a bouquet for different colored days. 🙂
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What a great idea. That’s definitely me!
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Fabulous
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Thanks!
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Please read my first post
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Mine is coming home today! So excited! I’ll have to think about what her flower would be… Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Yay for you, about to see your poetry-loving daughter!
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aw, i love this! i think that mine would be a sunflower.
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Yes, you’re definitely a sunflower. 🙂
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i always try to turn to the sunny side of things, but sometimes i get burnt! )
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🙂 You stand tall and sometimes you lean on your neighbors.
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Yes, I like that and I like to provide food for others )
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The birds are happy to visit. 🙂
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Daughters are indeed a special joy in life.
Spirit flower, the thistle, of course!
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Yes, the thistle is perfect. So tenacious and gorgeous.
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Joy. Lovely words and heart, Brenda.
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Thanks, Kat. 🙂
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Scarlet Begonias — red lyrics to the Grateful Dead classic 😎
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My daughter took a cutting of a candy cane striped begonia and rooted it inside. Now it’s enormous and flowering on her window sill. I didn’t know they do that. Begonias are lovely.
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😊
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A dandelion because they are the color of sunshine, have beautiful white fuzzy endings and ride the wind to wherever it takes them.
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They are reborn in rain and spring sunshine. Who doesn’t have a special awe of the dandelion in all its forms, from its long tap root to its head of white fluff.
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Happy Solstice and a wonderful Christmas.
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And to you and yours!
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Mine too – love this ❤️
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Happy to hear it! 🙂
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