> Combining Flowers, Smileys And Living Stories In the broader pattern: - **Flowers** come from book buyers, donors and sponsors and accumulate in a flower bank. - **Smileys** are created when Living Stories are completed and received. - **Living Stories** sit in the middle as the human proof that real time and care have been given. A project might require: - a certain number of flowers in the bank (financial readiness) - a certain number of smileys generated (story exchanges completed) Once both are satisfied, a literacy workshop or other funded experience is triggered. Living Stories make it much easier to track and celebrate the second part. They are the beautiful receipts of care, showing that people really did water the seeds with their time.