After my sister died last October, I spent quite some time trying to do basic cleaning and organizing of the stuff in her apartment, which had suffered months of neglect.

One of the apparent victims was an orchid plant, which I think she may have been given after being released from the hospital sometime in mid-August. When I first saw it, I thought it was an artificial plant. But sometime later, I realized the “artificial plant” was suddenly looking quite dried up and wilted. I brought it home, but then asked our friend George out in Kaaawa if he would try to rescue it. George has quite a green thumb, but I thought the plant might be too far gone for even his skills.

But I was wrong. This morning, we saw the dramatic result of his care and nurturing. It now has a half-dozen blooms and a number of others waiting to open!

She would have loved to see it now.

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