It is said that life is what happens when you're doing something else. On my back porch I planted flowers a while back. They're still alive! Isn't that awesome? I have so much enjoyed watching them grow. One pot was even quite wilted after I got back from Portland but with some rain, it came back to life. Another was an annual I had forgotten about from the year before. Every year in May, Multwood goes to Anna's house in Newberg to see her garden. Last year, she gave those who were interested iris flowers. I came home and planted mine and was sorry to see it not doing very well. So this year, a green shoot came up and last week, I watched a deep purple bud emerge and grow bigger and bigger seemingly right before my eyes it came so fast. When I got back home a few days ago, it had turned into a full and beautiful iris flower.
I am hoping so much in my life is like that iris flower. There are a lot of conversations I had with my spiritual director when I saw her and things I learned at seminary I would love to have planted within me to grow and blossom when I least expect it. Sometimes I see how much I've grown even while I see so many of the possibilities and ways I could grow in the future and it excites me at the same as I am grateful to have the real Gardener beside me with the hoe.
365-09 #119Labels: 365-09 Challenge, garden