Enough Angels...

A globe-trotting friend of mine whom I rarely see was in Singapore recently and he brought me a special gift. I guess he knows that I badly needed some good luck in my life although we have never openly discussed it, so he gave me a four leaf clover. It is a genuine, natural four leaf clover that he got for me when he was in Ireland, the land of Shamrocks.

A four leaf clover can be found in the fields of three leaf clover, and the odds of finding one is 10,000 to 1, hence I guess that's why people say that they bring good luck cos they are so rare and hard to come by.

Background on the link between the Four Leaf Clover and Good Luck:

- The four leaf clover is a universally accepted symbol of good luck with its origin ages old. According to legend, Eve carried a four leaf clover from the Garden of Eden.

- The Druids held the 4 leaf clover in high esteem and considered them a sign of luck. In 1620, Sir John Melton wrote: "If a man walking in the fields find any four-leaved grass, he shall in a small while after find some good thing."

- According to Irish folklore, finding a stem of clover with 4 leaves will bring you good luck, but finding a clover stem with more than 4 leaves will not bring you even more luck.

The mystique of the four leaf clover continues today, since finding a real four leaf clover is still a rare occurrence and omen of good luck.

I really hope that this four leave clover will bring me the good luck that's been evading me for the last 3 years. It has now taken the pride of place on my display shelf in the living room amongst my collection of angels. Please, please let the four leaf clover work its magic on our family... Please, please let me conceive a healthy baby in this cycle.