topsy turvey
I’ve been seeing ads lately for a “topsy turvey tomato grower”. It is an interesting concept. The tomatoes grow down from a planter. In a home growing teens, our world is often topsy turvey. It can be daunting seeing the kids grow in unusual ways. It causes worry and concern when things don’t seem to be happening as they “should”. It can be unnerving when seeing other kids around not appearing to go through some of these topsy turvey situations.
But as the topsy turvey tomato grower claims to cause the tomatoes to grow better, more full, a topsy turvey adolesence can add some fullness and strength to a teen’s life. When I see the struggles my son is going through in this time, I can only wonder what the Master Gardener has planned for him. Just how full and strong will he be as he bears fruit in his life?
Although it hurts, I know in my mind that a little topsy turvey is important to face and overcome.
Posted by in 02:36:16
I’ve wondered why growing tomatoes in an unnatural way should make them better.
In life, though, the “perfect,” textbook ways of growing up probably aren’t natural at all; we’re so brainwashed by them, though, that many natural things appear to us as topsy turvey. But I wonder if they really are.
Some of those growing pains and phases are inconvenient, but I think they’re happening for a reason and sometimes about all a parent can do is “just be there.”
Malcolm
it seems as if I am at the point very often where all I can do is “just be there!”