it's dead

So my mom has this gift (one of many) and that is that she can keep things alive. I do not have this gift. At our wedding we had two ficus trees to help decorate the alter. After the wedding my parents took one and we took the other one. Over the past two years we have slowly watched our tree almost die. Huge chunks of the tree were missing at times and it had an over all drooping appearance. When we moved to Korea we gave the tree to my parents so it could have a home, and go figure...after only a short existence in Jerre's care the tree has flourished! On one hand I am excited that our wedding tree is thriving because I feel like the health of our marriage is some how linked to this tree. I believe this only because my parents have a ficus tree from their wedding that STILL LIVES today (it's huge) and they have a great marriage. So in my head I think, healthy ficus, healthy marriage. On the other hand, I feel a tinge of bitterness because my mom can make things grow and I CAN'T!

When we arrived in Korea and moved into our apartment one of the first things we noticed was a small plant in our place left to us as a gift. How charming. Over the past three months we have slowly watched this plant grow weaker and weaker. I watered it, talked to it, tried to give it some sun (the instructions on how to care for it were in Korean so I just guessed on how to give it some TLC). However, I am sad to report that our plant has died. I seriously contemplated sending it to my mom when it started to look sick, but I figured it wouldn't survive the journey. Since this recent death, I have thought about getting a new house plant but for the plants sake I may refrain. Apparently, unlike my mom, I can't keep things alive. How did I miss this all important gene???

May it be noted, that I was able to successfully keep our dog alive for the year we had him. Hopefully I'll get all the kinks worked out before we start having babies (good thing I have a while).