March 21, 2019
On Sunday morning, Jim got up to take Thor out. I was still in bed. I heard him leave and 20 seconds later he came back in and said “there’s a palm tree outside the door with a note that it needs a new home”. Our neighbors are moving to a house this week so I figured it was theirs and they don’t want to bring it to their new place, so they put it out for any neighbor to take it. After dealing with a poopy butt in the tub (Thor was still having troubles) and driving to get breakfast, we finally decided to bring the palm tree in to our apartment.
I have a list, and I have vision boards with pictures, of things I want in my life, that’s something I have done basically my whole life. Palm trees are always always on my lists. When I was a kid, my friends told me about their family vacations where they were swimming in pools at hotels and there were palm trees everywhere. First time I saw a palm tree in person was in my grandpas apartment. I asked what kind of tree that was and then I begged and begged my mom to get me one. I was 18 years old when I went to Bulgaria on vacation and that was the first time I saw palm trees growing in the ground (and that’s also the first time I got to swim in a hotel pool).
Every day for many years, I have wished for palmies to be in my life. Imagine how happy I was living in Lisbon:) We bought one when we moved in here two years ago but it ended up with what I think was like white spiders or something (I read that indoor palms can get that). It was placed on second floor and I think it died due to the air condition that was blowing right at it.
When you ask the universe* for something, you have to pay attention to in what way you get it. I have been wishing for a life with palm trees, and on Sunday morning there was one standing outside our door. When Jim told me that, I thanked the universe. I had pictured living in a warm place where they grow naturally, but if the universe wants to give me this tree now, I’ll take it and I say thank you.
Now I just hope that I won’t kill it. We placed it in the living room this time instead of upstairs. It won’t be direct sunlight, but we do have morning sun on this side that comes in slightly next to the palm tree, so I’m hoping it will be good enough. It’s so pretty ♥
Please, if you have any tips on how I can keep it alive, send it my way, anything is helpful!
*I have decided to call it “the universe”, you might call it something else. Whether you want to call it God, Manon, meatballs or Miss Piggy, it doesn’t matter, it’s the same thing just different interpretations of it.