We were over at my brother-in-law Donny’s house, walking around the back yard looking at all the planting he’d been doing, when I realized we were walking in the middle of a clover patch. I just had to stop.
“I feel one in here.” I said looking down.
“What?” Donny asked.
“She’s looking for a four leaf clover.” My husband Steven explained.
I was scanning the immediate area.
Seconds later I reached down and plucked one out of the patch. “Ta-da!” I said holding it up.
“You know…” Donny began to say.
“Nope.” I shook my head. “You’re not going to tell me it’s just a mutation.” I had to laugh. “You’ve told me that before.”
I placed it in the middle of my hand. “I consider it a marvel.” I gently spread out the leaves so you could see the four of them. I touched each leaf as I said “This one is for faith, this one is for hope, this one is love, and the fourth one…” I looked at them both. “Is for luck.”
I cradled it in my hand as I looked back at the clover patch. “Now that I know you have a lucky clover patch in your yard I’ll be looking for more.”
“Help yourself.” Donny said as he and my husband began to talk.
I really wasn’t listening to them as my eyes scanned the area again.
A few seconds later I was plucking out another one from the patch. “Love it!” I said as I placed it in my hand next to the other one. “That’s enough luck for today.” I said as we headed back to the house.
“What are you going to do with them?” Steven asked as I placed them on the table next to my purse so I wouldn’t forget to take them with me.
“What I always do with them.” I said, “I’ll get a piece of wax paper and press them between some books until they dry out.”
“And then?” He asked.
I shrugged my shoulders. “Have them?” I said.
We were ready to join everyone else back at the table for dessert when I stopped Steven and said. “You know, my friend Karen used to press them against beautiful paper then laminate them, making them into lucky charms that you could put in your wallet or even into bookmarks.”
Steven nodded his head. “That sounds like a nice thing to do. Is that what you’re going to do with them then?”
I shook my head. “Nope. That’s way too much work for me.” I laughed. “I’m just going to press them between some books and months later when I come across them I’ll be surprised all over again!”
Steven laughed. “That sounds like a plan.”
“One I can accomplish with ease.” I agreed. “Besides the thrill is when you originally find one.”
“Kind of how I feel when I find pennies on the ground.” Steven offered.
“Exactly!” I looked over at him and smiled. “Lucky pennies, lucky four leaf clover! You totally get me!”
“Remind me, we need to stop on the way home and pick up a lottery ticket.” Steven said as we were back at the table ready for dessert.
I was pulling my chair up to the table when I leaned over and whispered. “I’ll even let you borrow one of my clovers when you go in and buy it.”
Slice of Life 