Tomato growing as purpose & therapy

mensplace · May 22, 2017

After multiple strokes, heart, lung, and skeletal issues the pain and immobility issues had reached the point that being limited to this chair had begun to lead to thoughts that were totally contrary to my faith. Thankfully, in a strange way, the degenerating nerves have reduced the pain. A few years ago I had three large dump loads of wood chips spread in a twenty foot line. What was a five foot tall hill has now rotted down to just a couple of feet.

I HAD to do Something. I Had to get outside! That decided, my wife picked up three plants. There are now twelve. If nothing else, I could use either my chair or walker and go into the front yard and get down on my knees to use a hoe to dig enough holes into that mulch pile to plant those tomatoes over the past three weeks.

My wife asked WHY we needed that many tomatoes. I explained that it wasn't about the tomatoes, it was about purpose and having SOMETHING to look forward to and in which to have an interest. Thank you all.

May 22, 2017	#1
mensplace Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,013	Tomato growing as purpose & therapy After multiple strokes, heart, lung, and skeletal issues the pain and immobility issues had reached the point that being limited to this chair had begun to lead to thoughts that were totally contrary to my faith. Thankfully, in a strange way, the degenerating nerves have reduced the pain. A few years ago I had three large dump loads of wood chips spread in a twenty foot line. What was a five foot tall hill has now rotted down to just a couple of feet. I HAD to do Something. I Had to get outside! That decided, my wife picked up three plants. There are now twelve. If nothing else, I could use either my chair or walker and go into the front yard and get down on my knees to use a hoe to dig enough holes into that mulch pile to plant those tomatoes over the past three weeks. My wife asked WHY we needed that many tomatoes. I explained that it wasn't about the tomatoes, it was about purpose and having SOMETHING to look forward to and in which to have an interest. Thank you all.