Planting Seeds

I’m excited. This coming weekend we celebrate Memorial Day and what better way than to plant seeds?

Getting our hands dirty while happily placing seeds into the soil, then tending to our gardens by watering and weeding – all the while watching as these seeds sprout and grow into full-sized plants bearing fruit (or vegetables as the case may be).

Is it not unlike our lives and our families? Our ancestors gave us life, nurtured us, and now we do the same. No wonder people enjoy gardening so much.

My parents gardened, as did their parents. I came to gardening a little later than most – although I’ve always grown houseplants. Gardening, planting seeds, is seasonal, it’s a ritual, and can be spiritual. And what a joy to watch something grow that you planted.

I had fun picking out packets of seeds today. And whether or not the sun shows up this weekend, we’ll be out there planting our seeds and being grateful for those who nurtured us.