Deb..please send David our best...we truly miss him!!

Thanks for letting all of us know Deb...

We certainly wish him the best. Losing people you love is very difficult and hopefully one day soon when he is ready we will see him and all his beautiful hoyas. I'm SO sorry for his loss.

I'm very sorry for him, I know exactly what this feeling is, I lost my mom last year and never recovered from this loss. But time helps a little!

Mitzi

Thank you Debbie for letting us know. I know how close David was to his grandmother and it must be a terribly hard transition when the loss includes his mother as well.

Mike

I definitely have been missing David and wondering when he'd show up this spring, so I'm glad you checked in with him, Deb. Thank you for letting us know.

I think he's doing the right thing, both for himself and his plants. He's been through a lot over the last few years. Hope he knows even though we can't help him, we're thinking of him. :\

He hopes to get out into his greenhouse at some point and get all his Hoyas moved outside. He just can't make himself yet.
I told him through the bad times in my life my plants were my best friend. My thoughts would get lost while tending them. When I was finished I felt better. He agreed his plants will most likely be a help in his healing process.,,,Debbie

PS: GG I sent you an email a couple days ago. Did you get it?

/Deb. Yep, I sure did. :) I'll give you a call when I have some breathing room!

Well put re. the plants. You know, depression/loss is so immobilizing. I've been through months where even brushing my teeth felt like the equivalent of cracking the solution to prejudice. But when you make it just one level above that, being surrounded by quiet lovely lifeforms that don't ask for much is the best place to just... exist and work and heal.

Honestly, even though I can explain "why Hoyas" with a simple innocent story, the answer to "why this many Hoyas" is that I was going through the worst part of my life... and spontaneously took on hundreds of species overnight. And I'm much better now.

Your right GG! Most people don't understand why we have so many or feel the need to have more! But in some cases a jump in our collections happened because of a milestone in our life. (Or it's Spring and we have been cut off from buying and all we have seen are shades of brown and tan outside all winter and crave GREEN! haha.)
I'll look forward to your call GG!,,,Debbie :)

Thank you, Deb for the message!

I was wondering why he hasn't been around lately, too. He and his family are in my thoughts. It's truly awful losing anyone close to you. I agree with GG and that David's doing the right thing.

I, too, agree that gardening, indoors or out, is extremely theraputic for the body and soul. Winter puts me in a funk anyways, but now I feel more and more optimistic and positive about this year ahead. :)

You're in our thoughts, David!

Brad AKA Moonwolf