LAYAWAY

                                                                         LAYAWAY

  I saw this word in a magazine article about the past and was reminded about the practice of buying things and putting them on layaway; paying for them in installments over time. The practice has stopped because of the use of credit cards. I look at this bouquet of flowers and think of growing them as a kind of layaway. The seeds are bought, planted and we have to wait for them to germinate and sprout. They need water and sun and they finally get big enough to bloom. It makes it all worth it to have this beauty to see in a vase!