On the last day, Roxanne announced she had made a significant connection.

“I don’t treat myself as well as my plants,” she said, grinning as she told the following story.

“On a lark, I lugged them home and put them on either side of my driveway. Then, I forgot about them, even though I drove passed them each day.

“In May, I happened to notice how awful they looked; the leaves were brown and drooping.    I promise myself I’d throw them in the Monday trash.

“But, here’s the surprise.  It rained all weekend, and when I went to put out the trash on Monday, I had two gorgeous green fully leaved poinsettias.  I know it’s silly, but the leaves were so healthy, seemed to be smiling.

“Well, I forgot about this until this morning, as I was thinking about the retreat coming to an end. I decided this weekend was one full of nourishing rain that watered my dry droopy spirit.  I had ignored myself, my emotional needs, the same as I had those plants.

Thank you everyone for helping to water me!