Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: flowers

  • Mary’s Magnificence

    She got flowers for a chanting session for their dear friend, Mary, who was on hospice care and very near the end of her life. After Mary retired, she had worked with community based organizations helping seniors deal with issues surrounding death and dying.

    That chanting session had been six weeks and 3 days ago….

    She wanted to see if the flower would survive until 49 days after Mary died. It was clearly almost gone, but she was so grateful she had saved it. When she went to look again, the flower and one green stem had moved from one side of the vase toward the center front.

    She said she knows the dog did not move it, and she is taking this to be a sign that Mary was there to mark the end of the 49 days1

    Many Buddhists believe 49 days is the longest length of time the intermediate or “bardo” state before a person’s next incarnation can last. “Could be that Mary’s already reincarnated, though I would think she might want to rest a bit before coming back,”she shared.

    So grateful to share in the magnificence that was and still is Mary.

  • Clock Chimes After 20 Years of Not Working

    The night of her dad’s visitation, they came home from the funeral home to several beautiful flowers on the steps. As they were carrying them in, they both heard the clock on the porch chime about twelve times. They went out (somewhat in shock) to see why this clock chimed after 20 years of not working.

    The pendulum wasn’t moving, but the clock chimed.

    They knew neither of them had bumped it.

    They also knew this broken clock’s chiming was a message from him!

  • Essential Pruning

    Sacred Stories

    Posted by a Florida snowbird:

    We only rent here in Florida, but we vowed eight years ago to treat it as if it is our own.

    But—when it comes to the plants—I never felt like it was my job to prune someone else’s flowers. (Our owners living right next door might have something to do with it.)

    This year, our owners came in late. I couldn’t stand the haphazard, scraggly growth I saw, so I really pruned before the owners arrived.

    Three months later, the flowers are larger, more beautiful, than I have seen before.


    I feel like this season that we are in (and I am convinced that it is just a season) is pruning away the unproductive, useless, less-than-beautiful areas of our lives, that we might blossom into caring, giving, loving people like never before…

    I want to be that people!!!

  • Flowers 50% Off

    Sacred Stories

    This “Sacred Story” is shared with permission from Facebook:

    Yesterday upon entering the grocery store, I was left speechless as my eyes took in the barren shelves of produce. Not one tomato, not one onion, not one…a lot of things! Granted, my first choice was to retreat to a place of ‘panic’, something we have all recently been faced with choosing or not.

    I was amazed as out of the corner of my eye I saw a huge display of beautiful flowers with a huge sign that read; “FLOWERS 50% OFF!”

    I ran to the display and chose the flowers you see here.


    As I have traditionally given my husband at least one bouquet of flowers each week since we met over 5 years ago…my decision to buy was automatic and quite healing to say the least.

    The moment I presented my husband with these flowers and he flew into my arms and simply hugged my fears away…I knew! I knew that my lesson/message from whatever is controlling this universe was this; “What we choose to see, is what we choose to live with!”

    Keep seeking love in all things during these troubling times…if you seek love, you will find love.

    Remain safe all, and remain within LOVE!

  • Flowers of Love

    Sacred Stories

    She arranged to have a dear friend create the floral arrangements for the church altar in honor of their wedding anniversary.

    On the way home from church, they gave one bouquet to her late friend’s daughter. The daughter was from out-of-state, supporting her father with hospice care there in his own home. The daughter had been sick, worn out, recovering, and in the thick of compassion fatigue. She cried when she saw the beautiful bouquet and felt the thoughtfulness.

    The other bouquet went to a neighbor whose husband had passed just six weeks prior — and it just happened to be their 48th anniversary!

    Clearly the gifts of these ‘Flowers of Love’ were divinely guided as well as lovingly created.

    Be alert to the subtle guidance you receive. Share the way Sacred Stories are alive in your life.