I've mentioned to a few people close to me that I've been in ETTE mode lately.
Kind of like my 8-year-old hydrangea.
It has never bloomed since being planted. Not once.
Each year I think I might just yank it up and toss it.
I'm even a little surprised it keeps coming up in the spring, year after year.
I have hope, however, that someday it will fill the measure of its creation.
(I'll probably need to carefully dig it up and plant it somewhere more fertile. A little nurturing couldn't hurt, either.)
I wonder if a plant that hasn't bloomed for so many years will EVER bloom?
I wonder if a plant that hasn't bloomed for so many years will EVER bloom?
It's surviving.
This summer a neighbor gave us a hydrangea plant in a pot as a thank you.
It had a couple of blooms on it, but I wasn't sure they would last (our 8-year-old plant had a bloom when we purchased it). I put the pot on my front step (so thrilled to have some flowers there) and inwardly committed to water it regularly. At least I would try.
This beautiful plant has bloomed and bloomed and bloomed.
I haven't always been the best at watering - a couple of times I found it wilted and dying, and hoped to revive it by quickly giving it the water it was in desperate need of (thus the brown edges on some of the leaves). It has perked up every time and continued to produce beautiful flowers.
It is thriving.
I've found some ETTE strength through listening to and rereading these talks (circa 2008):
Trying to be steady and patient.
Looking forward to thriving again soon.
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