On Sundays, she would let me help her water all the plants.
She was a magician in my eyes.
I saw how happy these rituals made her.
I saw how calm she became.
Its no secret that millennials love plants.
In the last three years, plant sales have skyrocketed over 50 percent to$1.7 billionin the States.
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But its more than marketing; plants have become a unifying force in my generations ethos.
A quick scroll through any plant-related hashtag on Instagram will show you that plantfluencers are a real thing.
For me, plants were so much more than an aesthetic, they were a practice in reaffirming life.
This was the major catalyst for starting my own Instagram page, calledBlack Girl Rooted.
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Its pruning and weeding out the dead leaves.
Its repotting after substantial growth.
The parallels that plants evoke in our own personal lives almost become overwhelming when you start to notice them.
Plant care is troubleshooting.
Its pruning and weeding out the dead leaves.
Its repotting after substantial growth.
Plants show us how to ask for what we need every time they lean towards the sun.
Plants show us that by clipping away dead leaves, we preserve our energy for where its needed.
Its when we stop listening, that our plants, and ourselves, fall apart.
I forgot how to listen to that secret language, and Ialong with my plantssuffered for it.
So, just like self care, taking care of our plants, is apractice.
We have to consistently work at it.
Ive learned that the nurture and care that my plants require is the same that I require.
With anxiety and depression on the rise in young adults,plants can provide true calming.
They are our friends that welcome us home each day.
They are a routine that keeps us going through the days.
They are our reminders that even on the hardest days, we still grow.
It may feel minute and slow, but it is nevertheless real.
They are a barometer for howweare doing.
Plants arentonlypart of beautiful aesthetics or carefully curated Instagram accounts.
It is so much more than that for us.
This is about the preservation of life.
Our plants become our living, breathing totems that tell the world were still here.
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