after all these years

you may say this is no big deal.  after all it's just a lilac.  but i have waited 28 years for these blooms.

even though the tree never bloomed, i couldn't leave it behind when we moved house - twice - because it was a gift from my daughter on my first mothers day.

never let it be said that i do not understand what commitment means nor underestimate the joy that waiting so long for something you know can happen will bring when it finally does...