It's the little things in life that can make the biggest ripple –

I’ve been gardening all my life, metaphorically speaking. Drawn to it at an early age. Inquisitive little tike putting my hands in the earth next to my mom. She loves geraniums, my mom. Red ones. I just liked the act of being near her and the smell of the earth on my fingers.

Just this morning, my sweet man sent me a picture of a garden in process with the message, “this is you, my girl.” Tug of the heartstrings. The sentiment continued, “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” A garden in process; a life growing. The act of the ebb and flow, the realization of why it appeals to me.

• The planting – the idea of new beginnings.
• The cultivating – the care you offer with your own hands.  
• The blooming – the reward of color, fragrance and life.
• The pruning – the restorative care for a new tomorrow.

A new tomorrow. I believe in a new tomorrow. Right on, Audrey Hepburn. I’m drawn to people who look toward the thought of something new. What’s to come. We’re not perfect, but it’s the striving for the possibility of something better that fascinates me.

I am awakened by it.