Happy Place

I’ve never been much of a green thumb but plants have always brought me peace and joy. After the previous freezes we experienced, we lost a few plants so I’m starting over again. The first two plants are Poinsettias which were gifted to me by a supervisor I had at a temporary job I worked at in December 2018. They had beautiful yellow flowers at the time but the flowers have never bloomed again. I always continued to water them even though at times it looked like they were beyond saving. Something just told me to keep watering them because they would bounce back. I still haven’t seen any more blooms but they are still so vibrant and green so I will continue to care for them.

The Elephant Ears plant is one of my mom’s favorites. This particular plant literally was at death’s door when we had our last freeze but again I wasn’t about to give up. I cut away all the dead leaves which was pretty much the whole plant but I knew it was going to grow back. The Roses have bloomed and continued to surprise me despite looking at times like they are not coming back. Some of the other plants were gifts from 6 months ago, Mom’s birthday, Mother’s Day, and one that my brother brought over has wildflowers (the yellow flowers) which I’m anxious to see how it continues to bloom.

I have some plants that I keep indoors like my Peace Lilly, Bamboo, and an Ivy plant. Being surrounded by greenery and flowers not only cleans the air but to me brings a sense of peace and tranquility. The plants show me that they need the proper amount of water, light, plant food, and love in order to continue to grow. Sometimes I don’t know how to care for them and I move them around until I find the right spot for them where they thrive. It’s basically a trial and error for me when it comes to plants. It’s kind of like our lives in how we need to provide ourselves with the proper nourishment, water, and self-care in order to continue to grow and thrive. We have our times when we feel like nothing we do is working or making a difference, we feel stuck in one place and don’t know how to get out of it, but we can’t give up on ourselves. We need to try a new approach, think outside of the box, maybe take a risk, anything to say at least we tried rather than just thinking about it and wondering what if. I just tried this with one of my plants where nothing I was doing was working and the roots were coming to the surface. I decided to take a chance and separate the leaves and replant them in different smaller pots and I added plant food and water. Now, I just wait and see if my efforts will make a difference. I have no idea but it’s worth the risk. That is how my life is at this moment. I have no idea what I’m doing is making a difference, but I know I can’t give up. I have a feeling some new blooms are coming.