After traveling 2,300 miles, my cutting totally died. Before this, the plant was totally healthy and had 3 stems each of which was long and had many leaves on it. I had been informed that the plant had never bloomed and yet I was so hopeful that one day I might see beautiful flowers from it. But then, like I have found out through research, the worst happened for the plant, change. The 2,300 miles was too much for this plant to handle. It had previously lived in an air conditioned environment, and had now spent 1 week traveling across America. The leaves all turned to yellow, dried up, and died. I was so sad, I cried for days thinking that the plant, which was such a dear gift, died within days of receiving it. But I held out hope. Each day I would survey the plant and cut the leaves that seemed to be totally dry, and I left the partially dry leaves on hoping that they would help the plant grow back.
After coming home one day from visiting my friend who had given me my cutting, I came inside the house and saw this. New Life. My heart, which was down at the time, was renewed by the plant coming back to life. What an encouragement.
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