What forget-me-nots mean.

What forget-me-nots mean

The meaning below is older than the Victorian flower dictionaries that wrote it down: the name carries it in several European languages. Forget-me-nots mean true love and remembrance, literally 'don't forget me'. Small, blue and quietly persistent, they're the flower for distance: for the person you're thinking about when they're nowhere near. They say faithfulness more than passion, a love that stays put across miles and time.

Send it when

• You're apart and want her to know she's on your mind.
• A long-distance 'thinking of you', no occasion needed.
• When the message is 'still you, even from here'.

What to write

The flower holds the memory. You supply today's sentence:

• "miss you. even from here."
• "different time zone, same thought: you."
• "don't forget me. i clearly can't forget you."