Oxalis, Mom and other Heart-Break
This plant is a Triangularis Oxalis, also called purple shamrock, and is supposed to be lucky. When she is happy and well cared for, she pops the most beautiful and tiny white flowers, which grow intermittently around the triangular shapes. She was given to my Mom by my cousin as a thank you for looking in on her son while she was visiting and caring for her father, my mother's brother, during his third and final cancer battle. My mom was very close with her brother, always had been, but particularly during these last several years as they both battled cancer. During my uncle's second battle, he had been visiting when he was diagnosed and ended up staying with my mother throughout the second battle. They, then, ultimately and unfortunately, were brought even closer when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. The first time. When you battle cancer, you should never have to do it more than once, in my humble opinion. Ever. But, it happens. All...
