This was such perfect timing because it was like the bloom came straight from Grandma. Grandma had a stroke last April and has been living with my mom. But a few weeks ago she had to be put in the nursing home. I have been so saddened about my Grandma having to live in a nursing home but I know it was the best thing for her. She was always so independent and now she has to rely on others for most everything. I miss her dearly and somehow this ugly, scrawny cactus bloom made me feel like my grandma was with me. My grandma is kind of like this cactus. She is tough yet small in stature. She is unimposing yet so beautiful. Oh, I miss her. I miss our conversations, I miss our visits to her green house where she would tell me about all of her plants as if they were her children or friends. I miss her reassurance that everything would be fine, that I would be fine. Grandma is doing okay in the nursing home but I am not able to talk to her much. I can't wait to show her this picture when I go back to Columbia in a couple of weeks.
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