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// Flowers Bloom 
// Story: Lily 
// by Platen Rhyme 
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Week by week Lily would stop in for her daily check-up and treatment. Each week her dosage would grow larger and larger. The more they put in her the more worried I became. It was one thing having a patient i've never seen pass away but to see a life that began in front of your eyes you grow a special bond. Almost as if that filly is related to you. Not by blood of course but emotionally. They hold a special thought in your head and just the thought of them having so little time left makes you think. You were there for their first breathe but you don't wanna witness their last.

After each treatment Lily had to stay the night at the hospital so they could make sure she was stable from the treatment prior. I would stay over night and do my best to keep a smile on Lily’s face. I would bring in board games and coloring books to keep her happy and occupied before she fell asleep. I would fall asleep in the chair beside her bed and most of the time wake up before her. Trying not to disturb her I would quietly make my way to the trying not to make too much sound. I would grab her breakfast tray and start my way back to her room. I slowly pushed the door open and peered inside to see her sitting up stretching her arms out wide with a yawn the size of her heart.

The days she wasn't at the hospital I would use my spare time to make some craftsy get well card for her arrival. She loved my attempts at drawing her, and as cheesy as it sounds, I loved drawing them. Although lily wasn't mine I would often have that sense that she was at times. Me and her have bonded so much over the past few months and we’re only becoming closer. Her mother would tell stories of how Lily would always talk about the games we would play and the songs we would sing. It made me blush and the butterflies in my stomach to flutter. Lily was the closest I had to a daughter, and even though she wasn't, I still love that pretty little flower.