Growth

I have been defined by my motherhood and single status for five years now. No longer a wife, I have been been freed of my duties to a man. No longer do I strive to have dinner on the table at precisely 6 o'clock. My home is mine and mine alone, a place of comfort and calm. I have recently discovered a love for gardening... Putting something in the ground, providing it with nourishment and watching it grow and bloom. It reminds me of raising Violet. Each day I wake with the knowledge that another human being depends on me. I am her everything, and conversely, she is mine as well. We are two, single beings, who exist only for the other, leaning on one another... learning from one another... and growing together.