Thank you, for your kind replies... They were much needed. I haven't told the kids yet about their plant's
i literally cry thinking about it, but i kno it must be done. I've tried to save what i could but it seems kinda hopeless for a majority of them,
These plants have been growing for about 3 years with some kids in the program when we started and some we sowed when we got donations from some people on here, and others i gave outta my collection to those who didn't have plants in their pots, so these plant's are like their pets and friends and its heart breaking that someone so rude and heartless would do this to a bunch of children who have absolutely NOTHING in this world are are trying to do something they enjoy that is meaningful to them and keeps them outta trouble and off the streets. I try to tell them with the donations we receive that their is hope for humanity, and then someone does this and they go back to believing that life is cruel and theirs always gonna be someone to knock them down when they need a hand getting up.
I could try and replace the plant's But it's not the plant's, it's the symbol of the plant's and the care they put in to them and the smiles i would see on their faces talking about them and watching them grow, the memories and the feeling of having something to call their own..
The plants were a symbol and filled their faces with promise and hope and letting them know that with patience and hard work they can accomplish anything even turning a seed into a giant flowering cactus/succulent.... theys kids named these plant's, painted then on their pots....how can i tell them a horrible person killed their only pet/friend? How can i do that and still show them that they need to have faith in people and humanity? ....to these kids these plant's are irreplaceable.... how could someone do this to these kids who have nothing and ask for nothing but love and kindness from others? Yes, a lot of mine got damaged and killed aswell but these kids and their plant's mean more to me then bringing my collection back to me, no matter how long i collected or how much i spent finding plants for my own addiction/collection. ...because i can work My butt off again and possibly get some back, but these kids have to wait until plants, supplies, seeds...etc...etc..etc are donated from thoughtful caring people to get new plant's, and we are under donated and under supplied and not funded with money.....all i can do is try to get them to understand that we can't let this guy bring us down no matter how sad/hurt we are or how hard we worked/cared for And on these plant's -that we gatta get back up, dust ourselves off and go on from here to bigger and better things and forgive them so we can stride to do better for ourselves reguardless to those who want us to do the opposite
i gatta be a teacher and a mother to these kids, cause if not me they might not learn compassion in this world from people these days.
I wanna thank all of you for having that compassion to give
