Mya and Me

5 years ago myself and the greatest work husband a gal can have ditched work early one day and just started walking. We ended up near west 4th street and I saw the prettiest purple plant. A little background on me. I love purple. I even have purple couches. So I bought the plant. For 3 years that plant grew and grew until it covered my entire window, and then draped toward the floor. When I was pregnant with my son, my plant, Mya(yes, I named her) sprouted a mushroom. I was devastated. I had to get rid of her for health reasons. But I felt good knowing she was going to my mom's place. My mom had been asking for a small piece of mya for her garden forever! So I brought Mya over there. About a month and a half later Mya was dead. My mom hadn't watered her, or made sure she didn't get too much water, or brought her inside when it was cold, and I'm sure she didn't talk to her like I did. I was devastated. I know its just a plant. But this is the only plant I had succesfully taken care of. After 3 years of tlc, she was gone in less than 2 months. Yesterday, as I pulled in front of my mom's place, I noticed purple leaves poking out of the cement by the curb. Then more purple leaves sprouting from the soil at the base of the tree in front of the house. Then two mini maya's growing around the big brown pot where Maya used to be. When I pulled away to leave I almost cried. Mya had really ministered to me. I put so much time and effort and energy and love into that plant. When she was taken away I felt so bad. The questions arose. Should I have tried something different to keep her, should I have not given her to my mom? But the reality is, for everything there is a season. And what I thought was something lost has now produced over and above what I imagined. She appeared to be dried up and lifeless, but I couldnlt see what was going on under the soil. I couldn't see that new life was being produced through what looked like an impossible situation. Mya had not grown in almost 2 years. It took that long for life to come from that dead situation. But I never threw her out. I left those old shriveled up branches in that pot, in the garden, in the sun. I would check periodically for signs of life. I believed she would grow again. Did you get it yet? Around the same time I lost Mya I was let go from my company. I gave them even more than I gave Mya :) When I was let go, I was devastated. It was the most succesful I had been in my career. Just like .Mya I wasn't prepared to let it go. But I beleive that an even greater and abundant blessing will come through. Just like Mya, I have not changed my position. I have also come to realize that my season had just changed. I am so ready for my new opportunities to sprout out of the concrete and the soil; and so much so that I can have my choice of what I want to do and where I want to go. I know this blog is usually sassy and funny but I have to take you to church on this one. Romans 8:28 is a scripture that you learn in Sunday School but I am leaning on it, living it and loving it more and more. So just don't change your position. Don't think about what it looks like. You can't see what is going on in the background on your behalf.