Loss & Gain

I don't know how to write this- but a blog that is supposed to be about keeping you up to date on the jardin has to be truthful- has to maintain the reality of what is happening- to the food and to the people that plant it..and today, we suffered together.
Over the weekend, kids that were next door to the garden for a party, apparently went unsupervised and destroyed a portion of the jardin while no one watched them.


I'd spent Sunday indoors painting, and Monday morning when I went to look out into the jardin, something was wrong and I looked at the floor space and saw a few stalks lying about. I took my keys and went out and found about 40% of the garden was damaged or knocked over..and I was at a loss.
My emotions turned me backwards as I looked on to something that had taken months in the making- to maintain- to build- to grow- and with a quick snap, it was hurting & I had to go to work in Gringolandia*..
Well, I sent out the text and let people know & within the hour that I was suffering from leaving the garden for 'work', comrades & familia were @ the spot with reinforcements- like bamboo sticks, garden tape, and care.
When I got out of work and to the garden, they were steady working at lifting tassels and stalks back towards the Sun to take in it's goodness.
We have a few more stalks to go, bamboo has been bought, and the jardin will be okay.
I felt loss today..and it weighed heavy. In my sadness & confusion, I reached for logic, strategy, and towards the energies that sustain us all - and said 'Mujer, everything happens for a reason.' All loss, all change, all pain..all growth.. it leads to paths that have to be walked and situations that need addressing.


So, we will be keeping a close close eye on the recovery of the maiz, and for those that will not recover- the land is still rich for more planting and planning..
We never forget to stop and remember why we planted the first seeds- because of our love and respect for the tierra y la gente de este mundo and our replenishing.

The garden is still peace.

*what I call the Galleria area - coined by Frida Khalo, when she visited America while Diego Rivera painted the Rockefeller Building walls.