Due to the COVID-19 virus, I am advised to “shelter in place,” only leaving our home for necessities, like toilet paper, which has been absent from market shelves for weeks now.
The magnolia is stuck in the same position as I am. It can’t go anywhere.
This particular magnolia lives tucked into a tiny corner—it can only branch out in one direction.
But it can bloom. Right where it is. Cramped in its tiny space.
A look into its center shows its surprising complexity—perhaps it’s time to delve inside my center. To discover what constitutes the seed of who I am.
To realize I am blooming today. Right now.
This way, come what may, I have no regrets.
Photos © Sondra Sula.
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6 replies on “Shelter In Place”
Weathering well and you also, I pray.
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Good one Sondra! And it’s just a month or so before this blooms in my house in Chicago. I’ll miss it being here in Florida. Pictures and meaning are beautiful. As my dad told me one” bloom where you are planted.”
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Sondra, That you so much for these beautiful photos! The tulip magnolias are my favorite sign of spring and when I lived in Chicago I looked forward to their arrival every year. I’ve been missing them, here in the southwest and it has brightened my day to be reminded of them.
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insightful, as ever.
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Wish everyone could read this – it’s so appropriate
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Hope you and Rob are doing well, dear Sondra. Thank you for your lovely words and photos.
Love, Debbie
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