LOVE GARDEN

We have a flower garden in our backyard that has been unkept since Kelsey and the boy who shall not be named broke up. It used to be very relaxing. A little fish pond and small trickling water fall, lots of green foilage, flowers, some strawberries. It was nice.

They had a plan that worked and they worked hard on the plan. Problem was once the plan was in place, there was no maintenance.

We added fish to the pond, they died. We put little turtles in the pond, they were eaten by a racoon (no kidding). The sprinklers stopped working, everything green died. Kelsey never weeded, nobody else weeded and the weeds took over. The rest of us did not want to do the maintenance.

I guess we should have known this was going to happen. As it was being constructed there was much fussing and fighting. Arguing and yelling at one another was the standard. "It's to heavy" and "Just pick it up" and "Not there, right there" were just a few of the phrases being tossed around. Stomping through the house, slamming doors, weeping, grinding teeth, swearing under ones breath. I watched it all play out and knew this was not good and I could see the writing on the wall.

The "Love Garden" only lasted as long as the relationship was maintained.