Love Blooms: Seed Paper Program
Blurb:
Love Blooms: Seed Paper Program. Participants will reminisce on the memories about a person they love, how they met, and how their love grew for them by writing on special seed paper. Participants are encouraged to bring their own flower pot so they can plant their memories watch their love grow all over again.
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Plan:
The facilitator will begin the program by welcoming everyone and doing an introduction
My name is (name), and today we are going to be watching our first love bloom all over again.
Participants will be asked to remain quiet and participate in a group meditation/quiet time, for roughly one minute, to gather thoughts and visualize their first love.
Before we write about our loved ones, I am going to ask that we take a minute of quiet time to gather our thoughts and visualize that person that we love. This does not have to be a romantic relationship either, It can be a child, a pet, a friend, a spouse, or whatever love means to you.
After one minute the facilitator will then ask the participants to share stories of their love by starting with the question, “How did you meet your love?”
Now that we have gathered our thoughts, who would like to share how they met their love?
The conversation should flow organically. Since the topic of loved ones may be emotionally triggering for some participants, especially in the case of death, the facilitator should thank those that shared such personal stories.
Thank you so much for sharing your story about love with us!
After 3 participants share how they met their love, or if no participants are sharing, the next question to ask is “what about your love always made you laugh?”
Laughter is the best medicine, right? What about your loved one always, without fail, made you laugh?
After at least 3 shares the facilitator will ask the participants to continue thinking and sharing about their loves to the participants near them as they begin to write on their seed paper.
Thank you all again for sharing your stories. Please keep sharing your love stories with each other while you write a memory of your loved one on your special piece of seed paper.
The facilitator should check in with the group after 20 minutes, if more time is needed for the participants to write their stories, more time should be allotted, if no more time is needed- the facilitator should continue the program.
How is everyone’s writing coming along? Is anyone finished with their story yet?
If participants are still writing, remind them that they can keep talking.
While you all are waiting, please feel free to continue sharing stories.
Once the answer is everyone is finished, move on. Participants will be asked to then rip their seed paper into pieces. The facilitator will then tell the group to make two piles of seed paper pieces and to take one of those piles and plant them in their small flower pots.
Our next step is to now rip up our memories! The special paper you wrote on is seed paper and once planted will grow into flowers. Please rip up your memories into little pieces and put the pieces into two piles. One of the piles you are going to keep and plant in your flower pot and the other pile will be going to the collective flower pot at the center, to grow together. Please fill your flower pots 2/3 of the way full, plant your paper, and then fill the rest of your pot with soil.
Planting should take roughly 20-30 minutes. The program is complete after that. The facilitator will end off by telling the participants that seeds in their seed paper represent the love they felt with their loved one and to keep their plants and watch their love grow all over again.
The seeds in your paper represent the love you felt with your loved one and since you planted your memories you are able to watch your love grow all over again. Thank you for joining today, and thank you for sharing your stories with us. Remember to place your seed paper in the sun and water them often to grow! Thank you again for joining and sharing today.
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