The Flower Girl

I guess by now you'd be wondering why the obsession with eggs and flowers. And why do I call myself Flower Girl?

The reason is, all throughout my childhood, I wished that someone would ask me to be their flower girl for their wedding. Whenever my relatives got married, I would cross my fingers and hope they would choose me. But they never did. And my mom, being the typical Asian mother, would make a typical Asian-mother comment like, "That's because you are not pretty enough." Of course she said it very matter-of-factly, in a tone that implied that it was only proper for us to be "humble". And most unfortunately, I believed her. So it was always my other cousins who got their hair and makeup done, wear the frilly white dress and march in with the procession, strewing petals on the aisle. I always prayed to God that He would make me the flower girl just once, but it never happened. I grew up and forgot all about this childish prayer to God, until recently.

Recently, I was appointed as not only The Flower Girl, but The Eggflower Girl! I got to distribute the eggs and flowers at a very large-scale wedding. I got my hair and makeup done by a professional, wore a frilly gold designer dress and marched with the procession. I was even praised for being colour-coordinated with the Page Boy, something I had not planned for.

I had forgotten, but God did not. And when He answers, He answers in abundance. Mt 19:14