It Has Officially Rooted 🌿
JOURNAL ENTRY #24
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2026
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve picked up fresh herbs from the refrigerated produce section at the grocery store. They always come in those little plastic containers, and every single time the same thing would happen. I’d use what I needed for a recipe, and the rest would wilt away before I had another chance to use it.
That wasn’t just true for herbs. It was true for almost any plant I brought home.
For so many years, life was spent constantly on the go. I devoted so much of my time and energy to my corporate career that by the time I got home, I was simply exhausted. Most evenings consisted of eating dinner and going to bed, only to wake up and do it all over again the next day. My plants never had much of a chance because I didn’t have the time or energy to properly care for them.
As it turns out, our physical health isn’t much different.
My work became increasingly sedentary, and my circulatory system continued to decline, leaving me even more exhausted. Yet the mindset that had been ingrained in me for years kept saying, Keep going until the work is finished.
Eventually, my cardiologist ordered me to take a mandatory ten-minute walk every hour during the workday. While it was exactly what my body needed, my mind couldn’t stop calculating how much extra time I was taking beyond my scheduled breaks. I felt like I had to make up every minute, which often meant staying even later.
It eventually became clear that if I wanted to live — and have an opportunity to regain even some of my health — it was time to retire from my corporate career. I could only hope I wasn’t making the decision too late.
But back to those fresh herbs…
Recently, I bought a package of fresh rosemary for a recipe. These days, my diet is changing dramatically as I work toward eating whole foods and leaving processed foods behind. It’s a journey, and I’m learning a little more each day.
The package came with several sprigs, far more than I needed for my recipe. Instead of watching the leftovers wilt like I had done so many times before, I decided to try something I’d never attempted.
I propagated my very first plant.
Even though it was just a sprig of grocery store rosemary…
It worked.
It has officially rooted!
Later this week, I’ll be planting it in a pot of soil, and I can’t wait to watch it continue to grow.
Taking the time to care for my own health — not only for myself, but for my family — has also given me the opportunity to care for the plants that nourish us. As I learn to choose foods that support healing, I’m also learning to tend the very things that produce them.
Perhaps that’s part of how we were always meant to live.
To care for ourselves.
To care for one another.
To tend what we’ve been given.
And in doing so, help all of it flourish.
Until next time…
Finding Beauty in the Everyday.
— LHogarth‍ ‍
