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POETRY

A Garden Pep Talk

Recovering from being uprooted

“You’re just like me,” I said, “uprooted and transplanted from more fertile ground.”

“You have water, you have sunshine, you have colorful companions surrounding you with encouragement.”

“So why are you droopy and sad?” If only my plants could talk perhaps they would explain

that something is missing, something that cannot be seen, something built over decades

of spreading roots deep and wide, a lifetime of connections, a supportive infrastructure,

a safe, nurturing environment. This hard clay soil resists, but will someday give way

and grow to accept us. Like learning a new culture, patience, persistence, and love

will fertilize this new ground, and the seeds we spread now will explode in bright new blossoms.

— Adelia Ritchie, PhD

Author’s note: Moving to a new home can be extremely disruptive and disconcerting. Moving a great distance from family and friends might require a huge adjustment. Moving to a foreign country with a different culture and language will be a great adventure, but it also comes with loneliness, confusion, depression, exhaustion.

But it also affords great opportunities… a chance to make new connections, learn new things, have adventures experiencing new sights, sounds, and tastes. A major move can be a very positive thing, but like the seeds from a cool, moist climate that struggle to flourish in the tropics, it takes time to adjust, to evolve, to blossom in this new environment.

I’m delighted to report that my heirloom tomatoes and I are beginning to have great success growing in this new climate!