Symbolism and Uses of Dandelions in Lawns and Gardens - Facebook

Anya realized then that while the field flowers would soon turn to seeds and fly away, Elena’s glass flower held the light of every spring that had ever been. It was a map of resilience, a "shema" of how to stay bright even when the world is grey.

In a small village where the winters lasted a month too long, lived an old woman named Elena. While others spent the final weeks of frost grumbling at the grey sky, Elena spent them hunched over a wooden tray filled with thousands of tiny glass beads.