The Sun is always t h e r e ... { and I believe in m i r a c l e s ! }

{listen while reading}

I'm an avid gardener.

Pretty proud of my succulents in the winter garden,

the olive tree in the bedroom,

{brought straight from Greece in my mother's suitcase pretty please, when she came to visit last winter,

mom you are a darling hero, have I ever told you that?}

the new, wonderful - whatever its name is  - dark green leaf plant

also currently residing in the bedroom

{which I'll show you very soon - smiles},

the aloe vera which has finally grown its roots and is happily multiplying

{also brought from Greece during a visit in the early autumn of 2011.

These "babies"  have grown from two large mother plants, residing at my parents balcony at Apart44.

And these two large plants have grown from the very first aloe vera I planted for one of my own apartments,

when I lived alone back in Greece, sometime in 2006...

you get the picture I guess ;)}

and most of all,

the plants that are welcoming us and people,

when they take the private stairs to our maisonette,

{located on the 1st and 2nd floors of a little house,

hosting alltogether 4 homes}

and the little trees and bushes and flowers planted in the front veranda.

All with my hands.

Dipped in dirt.

Placed in carefully chosen flower pots,

patiently bought one by one with little back then own earned money.

I look at them all now, during Spring,

taking so much pleasure and happiness for every new, fresh leaf they grow

and I think to myself *

If I can do that,

if I can plant and carefully nurture plants,

I can nurture myself and my life.

This is why, 

I   d o n ' t   g i v e   u p 

cause I already passed with success {to my surprise}

the moment I was ready to do so.

I didn't.

I'm still here.

Fighting for my LIFE,

the way I choose to do so.

As an adult.

With a clear vision,

Lots of faith,

and ready to enjoy every moment of the journey.

I don't know if you can follow or understand, but I'm immensly happy about it.

In ways that words cannot express.

Few months ago when it all seemed that all possible forces in the Universe

were against me,

I managed to say with a quiet but firm voice

sourcing from the deepest center of my existence:

I   t r u s t   m y s e l f .

I'm happy to share with you my way.

I'm convinced that something incredibly wonderful & positively impactive

can take place.

To close this post,

let me use the title:

The sun is always  t h e r e  {even when there are clouds in front of it}

&

I  b e l i e v e   i n   m i r a c l e s

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* {pretty often I think to myself... "what a wonderful world"}

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picture credit clockwise from top left: 

1 / 2 / 3 {kindly drop me a line if you can help with locating proper credit} / 4 

collage curation: Iro - Ivy Nassopoulos for Domestic Stories with Ivy, 2013