New Beginnings: 5 Minute Freewrite, Prompt: Gardening

"Wow," Thought Jeanine as she ran her fingers over the newly uprooted soil, "The therapist was so right! Gardening is helping me feel so much better." She turned up the dial on her old style radio and blared the music over the ratchety speakers, digging happily in the dirt. She felt like a child again, rooting around, getting mud on her clothes, grass stains on her knees.

"Spring really IS the season of new beginnings," She thought to herself. "I should have done this years ago!" She continued to dig up more and more dirt, carting it all over to her newly dug hole under his favorite tree. Yep, Samuel had always loved this tree. He would be so happy with her now.

She let her fingers squeeze some of the dirt between her fingers. Odd how dry the dirt was right here, when over by the tree it had been more like mud... like clay. The digging had taken her so long, but she didn't mind. It was great exercise. Samuel had always been on her to get more exercise. Imagine how happy he'd be when he saw how much she had accomplished in only two days!

She stood up and cracked her aching back. She hadn't realized how long she had been bent over her new garden plot.

Looking around her sadly neglected yard, she thought about what she'd plant now that she had the space and the time and the freedom to do something new with it.

Maybe roses? She grinned a silly grin and thought about how funny that would be. Samuel HATED roses. He complained at the sight of them across the street. He insisted that the smell got in his sinuses and wouldn't leave him alone. He would grouse for hours about that.

It was decided then. Roses would go here, under the tree. Right on top of Samuel. She was so proud of her choice. Too bad she couldn't tell anyone how clever she was. Maybe her therapist would appreciate it. After all, her therapist couldn't tell anyone what she'd done, right? She had that Dr. patient confidentiality... right?

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Prompt:gardening
Set your timer for 5 minutes
Start writing
Use the hashtag #freewrite
Publish your piece and leave a link to your post with @mariannewest in the comments HERE

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