Blooming is about the strength found in growth. We turn pain and hope into roots, defying loss and violence. Flowers mark moments of courage, healing, and identity: jasmine for a child fleeing home, a rose for dancers in rehearsal, chrysanthemums for coping with a mother’s suicide. A floral gesture playfully questions norms, a flower being shares a final day with its mother, and a trans woman embraces her blossomed self with pride and tenderness.