This past weekend I made a stop in the Dollar
Tree and purchased Shamrock Garland for our office Poinsettia. (Yes, you read
that correctly we have a Poinsettia that is still alive in March!) While
searching for garland for the now “St. Patty’s Day Poinsettia," I was struck with
a thought. Typically most poinsettias are dead or dying by January first and
are in the trash no later than the fifth. I thought what was different about
our office poinsettia? It wasn’t expensive; I purchased it for two dollars at
Aldi’s. It wasn’t a new hybrid poinsettia; it was just your average run of the
mill Christmas plant, why hadn’t it died yet? The answer hit me as I was
checking out. No one had dismissed it as unimportant or not worthy of care
because the holiday was over. It had sat on the counter in the sun and it had
been watered and cared for daily. Our office staff had not given up on it
because a date had passed.
