New growth
These plants, gifts from people dear to my heart, have witnessed everything that has happened in my apartment over the last five months. You can see some of their leaves have turned yellow from inconsistent watering habits on my part. About a month ago I started watering them consistently again and you can see some new, beautiful green growth because of that. Today as I stood in my kitchen with so many thoughts running running running through me I felt them encourage me a little bit as they shared some wisdom with me: Our yellow leaves are from a lack of water, yes, but you didn’t give up on us. While we’re changed because of that period of drought, we are currently thriving and bringing forth beautiful new growth because you started watering us again. That growth is slow and doesn’t come after a week or two of the change in watering, but it does come. Giving us time is just as important as giving us water in those moments you feel it’s...