Gardening: My new favorite hobby

It is official, I love to garden! It all started when, well I don't really know when it started, but hey, I still love it! Gardening is full of life metaphors and being the English major I was, I love a good metaphor. Probably the best part of gardening is the power the gardener has. The gardener has all control on what will live or die. Watering is a choice and weeding can be a trial. These choices and trials will lead the garden to a magnificent harvest or jungle of weeds and little fruit. Weeding is by far the most annoying task to any gardener, but me, I LOVE weeding. At a time in life when one has no power over one's life, weeding can bring a sense of power back. It is incredible the feeling I have when I pull a weed out of the ground and see all the little roots come up with it. I personally regain confidence and have a more sure feeling of power. I start to believe that I have power over some things in life even if it's just the weeds.