My Current Stage of Grief is “Houseplants”

I get it now, plant people. I am officially one of you.

My Christmas cactus beside a potted Gerbera daisy — All photos by the author

For years, I owned a single houseplant — a Christmas cactus that was a gift from my sister-in-law. She has a much greener thumb than me, so I expected that it would quickly die. But after ten years of lukewarm attention, it’s thriving.