When it rains I sit on my porch and listen to the rain with my tea, Sara my cat sits with me or hides under the car. The fresh air, birds singing, cars driving by people starting their day waking up to new dreams Good morning, the garden is my sacred space, my secret garden. I find it to be a place I can go to retreat, take my tea and listen to meditations and sit. This morning is beautiful out again. I love the rhododendron it is so vibrant. Peace, love and the fragrant lavender come all together in my space I am working on the garden in my mind like in my backyard. The kid’s toys, picnic table and bikes are thrown and left on the grass and I move them and put them away but the next day they are there again. I know like my thoughts they are taking time to grown and change. Things will change, life will change. When I moved in all I had was a fence that boxed in my backyard and my neighbour’s tree peeking over our fence. Year by year, I have been buying more perennials, they grow and I pull them apart and make a new home for them. Now they have their own flower bed. Little by little I could see the sanctuary, in my mind, my heart. The same way I remember the Secret Garden, remember the excitement, of the little girl throwing the seeds everywhere. The beauty of the flowers budding, it was their secret garden. that is what my granddaughter and I call ours. When she was 3-4 years old I would say let’s go to our secret garden and I would tell her stories and we would plant flowers together. Our relationships are growing just like our garden. Others may look at my garden and only see the small plants, weeds and uneven ground. One day I can see a beautiful garden angel, a new patio, mature flowering bushes and more lavender. It is my space and it has taken almost twenty years to get here. Weed by weed, plant by plant, step by step, thought by thought, we are both changing Have a good day. Just thinking about it as I sit here gives me joy, my children and grandchildren have found that quiet space in them when they sit with me, I can feel it and see it in them. I hope you find your garden too
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:00:12 +0000
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