Life After Peace Corps - the little nature in me

An artist puts this simple flower arrangement together for our building entrance.  This little un-flamboyant flower brings back sweet memories of my childhood in Hong Kong.  I only know its Chinese name.   It grew wild on the hillside behind my grandmother’s home.  I was 3 or 4 years old.  We were very poor and my grandmother could not even afford to buy me a doll to play with, so I had nothing but nature to keep myself busy.    I used this flower to make a colorful necklace, which made me very happy.  Perhaps that was the 1^st time I connected with nature, and the experience lasts for a life time……