Borage: Born to Bloom Like a Summer Flower

Borage: Borage flowers are beautiful, drooping in trumpet shapes like datura blossoms. Their rich fragrance attracts bees and butterflies. Europeans believe borage can dispel melancholy and give people courage. It contains volatile oils that soothe emotions and calm the nerves.

I first learned about this flower through the drama Fated to Love You. It represents courage. By then, I had already started writing my novel, though I hadn't originally planned to give it this title. But I felt that this flower, or more precisely, its name, shared the same qualities as the girl in my story, Mo Xin. Though perhaps that's not quite right.

Rather, Mo Xin needed courage to face her family, her life, and... love.

So I arranged for borage to keep her company.

Life is full of far too many things that don't go our way. Yet our lives continue, with all their twists and turns. Since we have no choice but to face them, I hope borage can give you courage, too.

In the height of summer, green borage sways gently in the breeze, blooming with blue-and-white flowers. Green gives people hope, and those blue-and-white blossoms seem to speak of a pure, innocent affection. Beautiful, yet tinged with sadness...