I didn’t expect this…

I’ve always liked plants, but I didn’t think they would become something more than that.

Back in 2019, when I got my OG pothos, I remember thinking it would probably just die in a couple weeks and that would be the end of it.

But it didn’t.

As it started to grow, I realized I was doing something right… for once.

At that time, I was newly clean from my drug addiction, and I needed something in my life.

Yes, I had my beautiful children, but I needed something that was just mine.

Something to focus on.

I quickly became attached to caring for my plants and watching them grow.

It was a different kind of “addiction”… but one that didn’t hurt anyone or take anything from my life.

If anything, it gave something back.

I spent so much time learning... about different plants, what they needed, how to care for them.

At first, I was probably a little too attentive.

I definitely overwatered a few.

But eventually, I started to understand.

That same pothos is still with me today, and it taught me something simple:

If I’m patient…
if I stop trying to control everything…

if I just let it be…

It will grow.

I’ve even taken cuttings from this same pothos and started new ones.

One of them is growing now, and I plan to give it to my daughter one day when she has her own place..

Her first plant.

Something that started with me, but will grow with her.

lately, I’ve been thinking about that in my relationship with God.