We have been enjoying the warmer weather lately. I have been sitting out on our back porch to knit and read during P's naps. I even ended up taking my own nap out there one day.
This afternoon, P and I were out enjoying the scents and colors of the flowers. We ended up, as usually happens, weeding on one of the flower beds. I was discouraged by the amount of grass and weeds in the garden. I also had to keep reminding P to keep her feet on the grass and not in the garden. She would respond with, "It's a gard'n, honey." I guess she was trying to correct my pronunciation! After several reminders to keep her feet out of the garden, gard'n, I explained that different people say it different ways. That seemed to satisfy her and she busied herself pulling the yellow (dandelions) out of the white (all the flowers are white in the garden we were working on) garden. A little while later she stood up and said, "You can believe it's a garden if you want," and then walked away.
I will keep believing it is a garden. Maybe one day it will be free of weeds and grass. Maybe I will see that it is lush with foliage and flowers. Maybe I will see it as it was in our minds when we planted it. I just have to believe that it is a garden.
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