DANDELIONS FOR MIDORI

Does anybody remember the story "Flowers for Algernon"? Well, these Dandelions are for Midori. Oh. Sorry Midori. She's not a white mouse, not even an animal. But a good friend who likes dandelions, so I thought I'd send these to her. She wasn't the one that died, but her mom and dad passed away rather suddenly and unexpectedly last month.

Two years ago, I happened to make this hedgehog drawing for someone who had one for a pet, and I found out Midori liked dandelions. She told me she really liked the picture and then suggested adding floating dandelion seeds for atmosphere. Expensive, exotic, prize-winning flowers were not what she was interested in, Midori said, but simple flowers like dandelions. They seemed so common yet were quietly, surely, sweetly sharing life all over the place. Midori battled depression pretty regularly. But sometimes she said some really good things that made you think.

My drawing of the flower? I realize I goofed something royal when drawing the leaf; I should've drawn it attached to the stem at the ground growing UP. I wonder if that's another reason Midori likes the dandelion; because when you're down, you want to look up--well, sometimes, that's all you can do. Anyway, would you pray for my friend Midori who lost both her parents within a month's time?