. . .in my garden and in my lifeToday’s haul of veggies from the garden included my first green beans and two different kinds of tomatoes, Early Girl and the weirdly named but incredibly delicious Brad’s Atomic Grape tomato. I have also been eating home grown yellow summer squash and earlier in the summer I picked blueberries every day to put on my oatmeal in the morning. Life is good. I love watching things grow. The beans are especially fun. At first they look like “Barbie” beans, just the right size to serve to “Ken” and “Skipper.” Then they start looking like real green beans only shorter and flatter. Finally they get longer with little bean bumps signaling they are ready to harvest. There is something magical about putting seeds in the soil and nursing them into full blown plants that give back with food for the soul as well as food for the tummy. It surprises me that, like the veggies in my garden, I am also capable of growth even at 73. Not physically of course. My body is going in the opposite direction, which is true about other physical functions as well. I’ve lost an inch due to gravity and osteoporosis. Nope, the growth I am experiencing is psychological and spiritual. I didn’t expect this to happen in this phase of my life, when there is so much more time behind me than in front of me. I want to make the most of it, but in a small way. I don’t have grandiose plans or expectations.
Instead I am just accepting who I am, not waiting to become the person I thought I should be. I am appreciating what I have, not searching for something more. I am grieving the loss of friends and family with an open heart. I am finding joy in mundane everyday adventures like walking around the neighborhood checking out other people’s gardens. This isn’t what I thought I would be doing at this stage of my life but that’s OK. It is evidently what I was meant to do.
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