The Plant Lady
a true story, simple in its telling, profound in its lesson --by "Mary"
Sometimes God works in funny ways. I was feeling worried about
my FAS daughter and went into a greenhouse to buy myself a plant
(healthier than eating chocolates). The MANAGER, a nice chatty lady, helped
me choose a plant and I asked her how one got a job in a greenhouse.
(Did you have to attend college? How did you learn all about plants?)
She told me that she had learning difficulties because her mom was
an alcoholic, had left her in bars continually as a young child and
had died of alcoholism. (At this point I realized she had FAS facial
features and was very short.) Through perservation
she found a job where she could work outside, so she
could talk a lot to herself, and not have to spell or
do mathematics. She stated she learned the plants' requirements like she
was learning gossip about them....not through boring memorization. Her
plants also like the fact that she talks a lot. She tells the
owner how many plants they sell each week and he helps her order
more. She said she learned to drive at an older age and was married.
She appeared to be around 30, and seemed to be quite happy.
Now every time I tend to my special plant, I think of the Plant Lady,
and I am reminded that
maybe there is hope that maybe my daughter will also someday find
a place to bloom.
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