How beautiful. I can imagine her squealing over bugs or being annoyed at her nails. Jarrah hated hard gardening - digging, pruning, lifting - and could not give two shits about plants. He joked if he had a garden, he'd concrete it. He now lives in an apartment in the west. Now, something tells me that he'll end up with a garden, because... Kids. 🤪
And Ploi will have little pot plants of flowers on her study desk or balcony...
I watched Handmaid's Tale last night and Serena was putting flowers in a vase and talking about how pruning encourages growth. She's a bit of a threatening presence at times so the words were tinged with something ominous! Your use of this symbol is less so, and very poignant. I know exactly how you feel, having done it myself. You think of them constantly and keep forgetting they are there, wanting to call out to them in their room or cook for two. It does pass. And next thing it's seven years on and you realise the bird HAS grown feathers and they are very, very lovely. And you've had a little part in that.