My Plant: The Story

Once upon a time, there was a funeral, and somebody gave the family a beautiful plant. The middle child in the family wanted to take the plant to her apartment, but that’s was several states away, and she couldn’t.

Then one year, she moved back to Oklahoma. The plant had grown and prospered…perhaps a little too much. Its leaves and branches over poured from its too small pot. So one mother dumped the plant out onto the cement outside the garage. She took the scissors and started trying to divide the plant, but it would not divide. Snip, snip. There went part of the plant. Snip, snip. There went more. Pretty soon some sad little excuses for branches were sticking out of a huge pot… without a single leaf.

But the middle child would not give up. She would rescue this plant, and so the plant took the 2 and a half hour drive to its new home. It would have been a good trip, save the fact the middle child hit the breaks and toppled the plant over in the car. And then she dropped the plant inside the door of her apartment, covering the nice clean carpet with potting soil. But still she would not give up.

Well, late last week a miracle happened. After constant watering (and one Sprite), the plant produced a beautiful, big, shiny leaf. Another leaf appear earlier this week, and today…. 5 leaves! Yes, 5 leaves. My plant is on the road to recovery.

As you can easily tell, I’m the middle child, but that doesn’t matter. The plant is beginning to thrive. I have it gently tied to my old Jael tent peg from my old Halloween costume (a sharpened dow rod), and it’s starting to look really nice. It seems to like my window. The carpet is clean again too, and everything is going to be all right. So now, I will open my blog up for discussion… What should a name my plant? (Anastasia and Lazerus are already taken.)

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JoeyGirl Says:
September 28th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
George? No, Bob. Or Ethelbert. I’m always good with Ethelbert.

Oooo…maybe Ignacious.

Or because there are two of them, you could name yours and Mom’s, and one could be Dr. Jekyll and the other Mr. Hyde.

John (next door neighbor) suggests Nero, since he apparently came back to life, according to legend.

Or you could call it Phoenix…or Athena who sprang fully grown….

OH! The possibilities!!!

Susannelein Says:
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:32 am
Oooh, that was a great Halloween costume. How about naming the plant Jael in honor of it?

jen_archaic Says:
October 5th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
We have a winner! I think my plant will be called Jael. That’s great. Thanks, Susan. Kinda a softer, sweeter Jael, but Jael none-the-less. And now there are 9 leaves!

JoeyGirl Says:
October 6th, 2007 at 6:51 am
Hm. With the peg stuck into the plant, it could also be Siserea (or however you spell it). Then you could water it with milk just to complete the metaphor…

Randomly, when I got to your page, to see if you had blessed us with another posting, I thought you had, and I thought it’s title was “My Planet.”

I am very sleepy this morning. Nevertheless, it could be an interesting blog!

jen_archaic Says:
October 7th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Okay, so Jael likes milk. (She has had a little.) But she would prefer Sprite. I would call my plant Sisera, but she is a she…. I think.

Susannelein Says:
October 9th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Yay! I hope that you and Jael are having a good October so far. I missed my annual Labor Day/fall break visit with you this year

Hope school is going well for you. Joan says hello!

jen_archaic Says:
October 9th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Hey Susannelein!

I’ve missed you too! Thanks for my plant’s name. It’s awesome.