The Gardener

Let's recognize the gardener for a moment. She is passionate about her plants. She doesn't see them as plants, they are more like her children. She tends to them daily. She feeds and waters them, prunes and guides them, encourages them.
The gardener is determined. She expects her plants to grow and will combat birds, critters, insects and plant diseases to insure that each plant reaches it's potential.
The gardener is reliable. She gets up at the crack of dawn to make sure her plants get weeded and watered before it is too hot outside (for the plants and for her of course)
The gardener is curious and creative, an artist if you will. The dirt is her canvas. She likes variety and color. Creating her garden is an outlet for her creativity. It is true that Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and to the gardener, her garden is a beautiful work of art. She plants many different plant varieties to see what she is capable of growing. She learns from her mistakes but is never deterred from learning and planting something new.
The Gardener is a hard worker. Her hair may be a tangled mess, she may have dirt under her nails and on her clothes. She may even be a bit sweaty but she will work until her job is finished.

  

Most importantly, the gardener believes in miracles. She has seen each one of her plants as a seed. She has watched them grow and thrive. she has seen them wilt and wither and then come to life again. She has pruned disease off of them, until they were just a stem and watched them come back stronger. 

 

Have you hugged YOUR gardener today?