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Posted 2Y ago by @GatherandGrow

Grateful for community and new 'Wishes'

This is a long one….
It has been a rough year. We have had one or both of my parents living with my husband and I since April.
We were the primary caregivers for my mother who is living with dementia until I was able to get her on Medicaid and moved into a memory care facility.
We were my father’s primary caregivers while he dealt with an infection that involved 4 surgeries, a month in the hospital and 2 weeks of inpatient rehab before he moved in with us.
The week after moving mom to memory care I tripped over the dog’s water dish and fell in the kitchen fracturing a vertebrae in my lower back.
All that to say that I have not been active for a while but I have been present and seeing this community interact and support each other has done my heart such good!
For a long time now it was all I could to even water my plants on a schedule and seeing people in this community like my moments made me smile!
Thank you to all of you for who you are and what you do, just by being yourselves!
Oh and bonus! I finally felt like I could add some new babies to my home and I picked up a wishlist plant from Sam’s Club, on sale left over from their October pink plant promotion! Fiona is quite happy tiny out of that tiny pot sitting in standing water! #plantsofthe40thstreetbungalow #Agleonema #agleonemawishes #PlantTherapy #GregGang
1ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 week ago
Aww, so sorry to hear about that. Sounds like a rough time, glad you’ve been getting some happiness from the community! Congrats on the new plant!
You’ve been a wonderful daughter. I’m sure your parents are quite proud of you, even Mom in her own way. I’m glad things are improving for you enough to get a plant. It looks super healthy! Be good to yourself. We’re here if you need us. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπŸ™πŸ™πŸ™β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Big congrats on your new addition and I hope you are feeling better!!πŸͺ΄πŸŒ±
@GatherandGrow oh wow I’m really sorry to hear about all that’s been happening to you… I’m glad this community could be of some comfort though… 😊😊😊

Your new baby is gorgeous… I hope she flourishes for you!😊😊😊
I can only imagine how difficult these last several months have been, and am glad to hear that they seem to be starting to turn the corner.

Hopefully we will see you and Fiona and the rest of the crowd on here more often now, but if not just know we are here and thinking about you.
@GatherandGrow I am so sorry to hear about your annus horibilae I’m excited for you to see that things are improving and your new plant is helping you get better! Stay strong πŸ’ͺ🏻
So sorry and I hope things start looking up! It takes a very special and caring person to do what you did πŸ’š love your new baby 😍
I'm glad that this community brought you respite during the darker times this year. I hope this is the last of your bad luck and that brighter days are ahead.

Also you definitely deserve a fancy wishlist plant for a broken vertebrae
Your parents are so blessed to have you. You're obviously a string woman. You deserve time for you and I'm so glad you were able to get a wish list plant, plants have an amazing way of raising our spirits.
Looking forward to seeing you again on here, you were missed πŸ₯°
@Colin thank you!
@TruthfulApricot thank you! I am taking some@time for myself now!
@plantgirlanna thank you!
@FirstCanna it truly has been! Thank you.
@tmbryant37 thank you! I am planning on being around more!
@Nataliesplants thank you!
@RJG thanks! I hope so too! Things are looking much better!
@Sassylimey thank you so much Sarah! It feels good to want to be involved in things again!