New Life Inspires New Life

It is common to get excited about a garden in the spring. What I did not quite appreciate was how excited Senia (Dear) would become about gardening, especially waiting for those little sprouts to come up from seeds, when she also has a little life growing inside of her. Babying those baby plants has become a beautiful outlet for the babying instincts which are increasing along with the baby in her womb.

Without fail, every morning, she makes her way straight for our makeshift, indoor nursery—hah, isn't that fitting..."nursery"—to spray some gentle morning dew on those little shoots trying to break through into the open air. Some have come up quickly and have already been transplanted to the small garden plot we have outside, and some, unfortunately some of the ones we want the most, do not seem to reacting so well. I guess, just like with children, we take each day as it comes to us, adjust to the new challenges, and try to figure the best path forward. If only those Thai chili peppers would cooperate, though, this would be so much easier.

Interestingly, we have a nursery, that is, a business-type of nursery, right around the corner. It is so close, our little plants could look out the windows of our enclosed front porch, across a small field, and find inspiration from the plants over at the nursery...if they only they had eyes, of course. Earl the Nursery-man has been very helpful in getting the garden started, certainly with plants, but also by driving his mini loader over with a bucket full of topsoil and compost mix to prepare a healthy garden spot.

The idea of a baby growing inside Senia has indeed driven her to nurture these little plants to life, but I think the reverse may also be true. All the time and effort we put into these little plants is naturally and "organically" preparing our attention and thoughts to our child on the way.