Back to the Garden…
June 15, 2011
I thought I had lost it forever.
When I had to leave my home during my divorce, I left behind extensive gardens that I had been working on for more than 10 years. Gardening was my passion, my creative outlet, my therapy.
Then I had to leave it, and it was devastating. I left that house in December, so in Wisconsin that means it wasn’t able to be dug up, and I was moving into a rental, anyway. I felt the loss of my gardens keenly, and it hurt so much I stopped looking at gardens and landscaping, magazines and catalogs – all of it. I thought the passion had died.
Last year my Dad tilled up the space between the two porches of my duplex. I got a few plants “gifted” from friends gardens, and it made me happy.
This year? The plants have already been dug up and moved around; I’ve bought new ones, divided some, potted several pots and baskets and am frustrated that I don’t have room for more!
It’s back. The passion for gardening is flowing back through me and making me happy again. It hadn’t died, it had just been pushed down while I dealt with all my other losses. Now I know there will be other gardens in my life and that love will always be there when you are ready for it to blossom again.