Weeding and Weeping

My dental hygienist, Martha, tells me she bought a new house. She wasn't going to do any gardening, what with all the moving and settling in. The yard was rocky, except for one square patch of dirt. So she threw in some tomato plants, some squash, some lettuce.

Then one month ago today, her aging mother died unexpectedly.

"I've spent so much time out there weeding," she says.

"Weeding and weeping?" i ask.

"Well, you think things over when you're in the garden," she replies. "Really, that garden is a godsend. I don't know what i would have done without it."

Our gardens are wonderful place for contemplation as we grapple with the facts of life.

Choose a contemplation from The Meditative Gardener and take it out to the garden today.
Plants are blooming and dying out there.

Photo from ourlittleacre.blogspot.com