Change.

My boyfriend and I moved into this apartment 6 years ago. I always dreamed of making this large portion of my kitchen into a breakfast nook but my mom moved shortly after us and asked me to plant-sit while she was getting settled.

Plant-sitting for a month or so turned into roughly 6 years. Some of the vines grew so long I could stretch them through our kitchen, dining room and living room. So I trimmed, replanted, and gave them all of the love and attention that they deserved. They really did become my adopted babies as silly as it sounds. They can’t speak like humans do but they still communicate in their own ways; drooping leaves, browned at the tips, or vines reaching for the morning sunlight...Translation: “I’m thirsty!” “I’m overwatered!” Or “I’m grateful for this sunrise!” This weekend most of these plants are returning to their original mother, along with the wicker table that used to be my grandfathers and the students desk that was my grandmothers. After 6 years I will finally have the space for my dream breakfast nook.

Change is inevitable in life. Sometimes letting go hurts (I’m going to miss these babies...) but freeing up space in any aspect of your life makes room for more blessings.

Instead of looking at change as something bad or something to fear because you have no control - view it as a welcomed friend. A friend who whisks away things that no longer serve you and ushers in all of the blessings you’ve been praying for. Change, even when bringing seemingly awful things into our lives, always has our best interest at heart.

I don’t know when I’ll actually get a breakfast nook because furniture is expensive but when this space is empty again I will drag a chair in and enjoy my mornings in the sunlight, just like I’ve always dreamt. And if something new fills this space that may not fit my dream, then I’ll know it’s only because my dream wasn’t meant to happen here. Like these plants, my roots have grown in this space but it’s not my final place of growth. Change will bring me elsewhere someday and even if I’m thirsty or overwatered I’ll still be grateful for the sunrise