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A Lesson From My Plants: Part 1

 My grandma has been on my mind a lot lately. I am not sure why, as she died several years ago. (Perhaps it has to do with missing my mom) I go to think about one thing and then wonder if I got that from my grandma.  As I started to write this post, I mused over where my love for plants came from. Grandma. Now my love and her love are not in the same hemisphere. She had plants throughout her house and a gorgeous well manicured yard. I have never cared too much about a yard and I only have some plants. However, I don’t consider my plants expendable. So when life dealt me a trick hand, my plants, all of them, had to come along for the ride. They were by no means happy- disturbed from their places of habitat and their constant tropic heat. But almost all of them were resilient throughout the journey.  Part 1: The plant that wasn’t. This plant didn’t have it hard at all. So when I looked at it the other day, I mused over what could be amiss. Some of my plants had to stay in ...

I Can- But I Don’t Want To!

 As a woman there are so many things I can do! Over the last few weeks I have moved stuff from here to there in my Subaru. I have transported furniture, negotiated prices, and even put stuff together! I can! But I don’t want to.  I told my teen the other day that if it weren’t a work situation, he’d be pumping the gas! Sure I can pump, and take trash out, and mow, and paint this bed pink this weekend, but I don’t want to. You know what else I don’t want to do?  Raise kids on my own or go to work while my kids go to school. What can I say? 🤷🏾‍♀️ I can, but I don’t want to! As a woman, I want a partner to do those things or team up with me to accomplish all that I can, but don’t want to do alone.  Until that partner avails himself, I will do what I can, but I definitely don’t want to!