My Forty Year Search for a Four-Leaf Clover

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.

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?