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Tuesday, April 05, 2005
a life-changing moment
I think I'm finally ready to take a really big step.
I've been thinking about it for a long time. I wanted to wait until I was fully prepared -- until I knew I could do the best possible job caring for another living being. The timing had to be perfect. I needed to have built enough of a life for myself so that I felt complete and able to share myself with another, and yet, I didn't want to get so set in my ways that I would see my new phase in life as a burden, or as an inconvenience. It's a hard decision for a woman to make, but I think this is it. Now is the time. I am finally ready...
to own a houseplant.
Two, in fact.
See, we have these stereo speakers, with these flat horizontal tops. And they tend to get just STUFF piled on top of them, because, you know, that horizontal surface thing. And it has occurred to me that what they need is a nice pretty houseplant apiece.
Keep me in your thoughts as I move into this new part of my life. And most importantly -- and if you know me at all you'll know why I say this -- keep the poor houseplants in your thoughts. Please.
