“Here, take these.” I held my hands open as she dropped something into my palms; succulent leaves. “Lay them on some soil. Give them a little bit of water in a spray bottle, not that much, and watch them grow.” She closed my hand around the leaves. “We start small. A fine mist of water, a few good words to ourself, and we keep it up everyday. And one day, we want to believe wont believe what we’ve grown into.”
