I've noticed this year my posts and thoughts on gardening have a lot to do with beauty surviving and thriving despite harsh circumstances.
Take these sweet peas for example, which were planted too late, the water wasn't hooked up to the pots until way after the hot weather started, and I had given up on them. Then one day there they were. Sweetly growing, twining, and perfuming the air. What a lovely surprise!
Or how about this massive crop of bindweed I discovered in a neglected corner of my yard? What a huge mess to clean up, and nothing lovely about it.
But then I see the honeysuckle has struggled up out of the mess and is proudly issuing her blooms and her scent, whether anyone is there to enjoy them or not.
It's not difficult to understand why this theme is so top-of-mind for me. Tomorrow my grandson, Levi, will be two months old and he has not yet left the hospital. Born with Down Syndrome and some of the associated physical problems, he has endured three surgeries. We don't yet know when he will be able to come home, but we believe we are past the days of wondering IF he will come home. So that's progress.
But of course, all our hearts yearn for the day he can be with his mom, dad, and older brother. The day he can start relating to people he sees every day, instead of a multitude of nurses and doctors. The day he will get to look at things like the sky, the family pets, and beautiful things growing outside.
When I look at plants thriving despite harsh circumstances, it reminds me of the promises my God gave us all in His Word. And that gives me hope.
So when you read my other posts, you'll know where I was coming from when I wrote those, too:
To Garden is to Believe in a Beautiful Future
And THAT'S the beauty of gardening!
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