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My Forty Year Search for a Four-Leaf Clover

July 18, 2013 By Karen Main 4 Comments

This is part of my July Photoaday Challenge  Day 18 – Number

I am never really sure how far back my memories go.

My actual memories, not the stories and recollections I have heard retold over the years.  Or is that how a memory works?

Ohhhh!!!   Tricky stuff.

This is a fond memory, a childhood fascination, enchanting me to this day.

It started with a four-leaf clover necklace, a gift for my birthday possibly, these details are unclear.

My Mum explained the myth the legend to me…… and straight away I  knew I wanted to find one, a four-leaf clover, a real one.

According to legend the four leaves represent faith, hope, love and luck.  For every 10,000 clovers that grow, one will possess four leaves.

To a child luck is everything, like wishes and magic.

I was determined to find myself a real four-leaf clover, imagine the luck it would bring.  Really, how hard could it be when there is clover everywhere.

I often lay on the cool grass during a warm Summer evening, foraging through the clover, hoping to discover that unique one.

As I grew older I continued to be drawn to the grass and the clover.  Gently  searching, running my fingers through, hoping, dreaming, imagining.

Four-leaf clover

Years have gone by, 40 to be exact and still I hunt.  It is a relaxed adventure and a way to remain connected to a childhood dream.

I have never found an actual 4 leaf clover and I secretly wonder if continuing the hunt is more fun.

A friend recently gave me a four-leaf Clover Kit, it contains 10,000 seeds and suggests that one seed could in fact be the one.  I haven’t planted them, I may never.  I am comforted  knowing that I may  have that precious four-leaf clover just waiting to be given life.

Are you still connected to a childhood dream?

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Filed Under: Curiosity and Wonder Tagged With: Growth, luck, nostalgia

Comments

  1. Sarah {Left Brain Buddha} says

    July 18, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    What a neat picture, Karen! I always check for the four-leaf clovers, and have never found one. But it’s the search that matters, right? Lovely post 🙂

    Reply
    • Karen Main says

      July 19, 2013 at 2:50 pm

      I have been amazed how many other people have been searching for one. One day.

      Reply
  2. Annette says

    July 18, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    I always wanted to be a balance beam gymnast. Not sure why, I’m definitely not athletic and I never played sports. Even now, if I am waiting by a kerb I will walk along it, toes pointed doing the little bent knee dip with my toes descending into the gutter. The finish is always a pivot at the end of the length, turning around to face the way I came. Thanks for the realisation Karen.

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    • Karen Main says

      July 19, 2013 at 2:51 pm

      I have seen you doing this, did not realise there was a suppressed gymnast inside.

      Reply

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