Comments on: The letting go

By: The Possible Destruction of Actual Nests | Sweet Little Nest

The Possible Destruction of Actual Nests | Sweet Little Nest — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:15:08 +0000

[...] good friend Genie, The Inadvertent Gardener, wrote a beautiful post once about her magnolia tree. Well, a post sort-of about her magnolia tree. The actual words described accepting that a [...]

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:49:19 +0000

Al_Pal, happy to share the story. And thanks for your comments — much, much appreciated. :-)

By: Al_Pal

Al_Pal — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:01:26 +0000

Wow. Beautiful, intense post. You and I have talked, just a bit, about the need to let go.
I can guess, a little, at the not-tree that this post is about, but I’m curious to know more… such conversation will unfold as it is meant to.
*HUGS*

By: Go west, young gardener – The Inadvertent Gardener

Go west, young gardener – The Inadvertent Gardener — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:06:06 +0000

[...] to seize every possible opportunity to celebrate. But this past year had its moments. There was loss, and that ever-lasting winter. I spent more hours than I care to count trudging back and forth [...]

By: Growing in the dark – The Inadvertent Gardener

Growing in the dark – The Inadvertent Gardener — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:33:44 +0000

[...] be a very different summer—I’m healing from a very difficult few months (after all, sometimes a post about a tree isn’t just a post about a tree), and nothing aids that healing faster than watching tomatoes form [...]

By: The darnedest thing – The Inadvertent Gardener

The darnedest thing – The Inadvertent Gardener — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:29:18 +0000

[...] story about something that seemed very important, I leaned back, looked up into the leaves of the magnolia tree, and stopped [...]

By: Go west, young gardener « The Inadvertent Gardener

Go west, young gardener « The Inadvertent Gardener — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:28:03 +0000

By: This year, the magnolia’s blooming right on time… « The Inadvertent Gardener

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:55:41 +0000

[...] after last year, that thrills me more than I can say. Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb [...]

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:42:22 +0000

Sarah, thank you so much for your comment — it means the world to me. Yes…breaking new ground is totally exciting…and there is a season for heartbreak, and a season for something new.

By: Sarah Learned

Sarah Learned — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:18:42 +0000

I just stumbled across your blog and this older post.

Beautiful, powerful post– loss is hard enough without the compounding loss of the hope of what could be.
Seeing the tree for what it was took courage. Here’s to breaking new ground!

Love, Sarah