Hello, starlights!
Gardening has become one of my favorite hobbies over the years. I’ve learned so much about growing flowers from Batman’s mom and aunts. They’ve guided and instructed me in what to plant where, how to maintain it, and have even shared bulbs, seeds, and plants from their own flower beds to both start and supplement mine. It’s become a labor of love because of the people who have helped me learn.
For years I’ve added to my flower beds to make them an oasis of beauty. I’ve toiled and taken great pride in them. I’ve found refuge in them.
This year, however, I had a setback. Someone nearby seeded their yard, and the wind blew many of the seedlings into my flower beds. I’ve occasionally gotten grass in the beds and easily pulled it up by the root. The breed of grass this year, however, was not the sort to easily come up. It was invasive. The roots tangled out horizontally beneath all my flowers, killed most of them, and resulted in my having to dig up much of my flower beds several times to get the messy roots of the grass out of my soil. To say I was frustrated would be an understatement.
This morning I got into the worst hit flower bed again. Fingers crossed; I finally got the last of the offending roots. Almost all my plants were killed off by the infestation. Thankfully, a few of them will come back next spring, at which point I’ll plant new seeds to fill the void of those lost for good and try again.
As I worked, I thought about how gardening is such a great metaphor for life. We work on bettering ourselves, on being the best version of us we can be, on self-love and keeping our peace as well as we can. Life will always insert a roadblock here and there just because of the nature of living. Parts of us may not survive the obstacles thrown in our path, but other parts of us will grow back stronger. And the most beautiful promise of all, is we can always always always change course or start over to make things new again.
One of the best pieces of advice I’ve received from one of Batman’s aunts is this: you just keep trying things until something works. As a Master Gardner in Training™, I’m going to continue trying, learning, and experimenting while hoping for beautiful things—both in my flower beds and in life.
Love and light!
L.A. Goodman
PS: If you’ve read and enjoyed Old Souls or The Nothing Place, the first two books in the Ash Bennett series, please consider leaving a review for both on Amazon. Each review helps. Thank you!
Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wished to say
that I’ve truly enjoyed browsing your blog posts. After
all I’ll be subscribing to your rss feed and I hope you write again very
soon!
I am genuinely amazed with your keen analysis and excellent writing style. Your depth of knowledge clearly stands out in every sentence. It’s obvious that you put a lot of effort into delving into your topics, and that effort is well-appreciated. Thanks for providing this valuable knowledge. Continue the excellent job! https://www.elevenviral.com
When someone writes an post he/she maintains the plan of a user in his/her mind that
how a user can know it. Therefore that’s why this paragraph is perfect.
Thanks!
Ridiculous quest there. What happened after? Good luck!
gelas togel gelas togel gelas togel
Thank you, I’ve just been looking for information approximately this topic for a long time and yours is the best I’ve came upon till now.
But, what in regards to the bottom line? Are you certain in regards
to the source?
rajabandot rajabandot rajabandot
Its like you read my mind! You seem to know a lot about this, like you wrote the book in it or something.
I think that you can do with a few pics to drive the message home a bit, but instead of that, this is
wonderful blog. A fantastic read. I’ll certainly be back.
slot demo slot demo slot demo
With havin so much content do you ever run into any issues of plagorism or copyright violation? My site has a lot of exclusive content I’ve either written myself
or outsourced but it seems a lot of it is popping
it up all over the internet without my authorization. Do you know
any techniques to help stop content from being ripped off?
I’d definitely appreciate it.
slot demo slot demo slot demo
You ought to take part in a contest for one of the best blogs on the
internet. I will recommend this site!
partai togel partai togel partai togel
I constantly emailed this blog post page to all my friends, for the reason that if like to read it then my contacts will too.
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and wished to say that I have really loved browsing your blog posts.
In any case I will be subscribing for your rss feed and I am hoping you write again soon!
Heya i’m for the first time here. I came across this board and I find It truly useful
& it helped me out much. I hope to give something back and
help others like you aided me.
Do you mind if I quote a few of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your
weblog? My blog site is in the exact same niche as yours and my
users would definitely benefit from some of the information you present here.
Please let me know if this okay with you. Regards!