Lilacs for Aylah

A dressage group of which I am a long-time member lost one of our own this spring. Cancer. A very fast moving cancer, that reminded us all of the transience of life, and the fragility of the moment. Her favorite flower was the lilac, and we are all reminded of her when the lilacs bloom. My side yard is now thick with purple blossoms and redolent with the heady scent of lilacs. I have brought them into the house to savor them; their time here is too short. As life can be. Remember to smell the flowers.