Category: Personal Essay
Confessions of a Reformed Plant Killer (and Why You Should Totally Join My Green Thumb Club)
Confessions of a Reformed Plant Killer (And Why You Should Join the Green Thumb Club) From Black Thumb to Proud Plant Parent: My Story Okay, friends, let’s be... Read More
The Unbreakable Bond: Why I’m Still Rocking a Flip Phone (and Maybe You Should Too)
The Unbreakable Bond: Why I'm Still Rocking a Flip Phone (and Maybe You Should Too) My Pocket-Sized Time Machine Remember the satisfying snap of closing a flip... Read More
Is My Houseplant Judging Me? A Deep Dive into the Mind of a Monstera
Is My Houseplant Judging Me? A Deep Dive into the Mind of a Monstera We all know the feeling. You walk into your living room, expecting to be greeted by the... Read More
Why I’m Convinced My Plant is Secretly Judging Me
Is My Plant Judging Me? The Hilarious Signs You're Being Silently Shamed We all have our quirks. Maybe you leave dishes "soaking" for a week (no... Read More
The Great Phone Number Mix-Up of 2007 (and Why I Still Get Calls About It)
“Hello?” “Hi, is Debby there?” “Uh, no. You have the wrong number .” *click* The Never-Ending Wrong Number Symphony That, my friends, is the soundtrack to my... Read More
The Unexpected Life Lessons I Learned From a Houseplant
The Unexpected Life Lessons I Learned From a Houseplant My Brown Thumb Gets a Green Roommate We've all been there—staring longingly at those Pinterest-worthy... Read More
Is My Houseplant Judging Me? A Deep Dive into Botanical Side-Eye
From Green Thumb to Green Judgment ? The other day, I was shamelessly devouring a bag of chips, still in my pajamas at 2 PM, when I caught my Monstera... Read More
The Unexpected Joys of Being a Plant Parent (and No, I Don’t Mean Children)
From Black Thumb to Proud Plant Parent Let's be honest, I wasn't always this way. There was a time when my thumbs were decidedly not green – more like a... Read More
The Unexpected Life Lessons I Learned from a Houseplant
The Unexpected Life Lessons I Learned from a Houseplant My Thumb Was More Charcoal Than Green Let's be honest, I'm not exactly known for my nurturing skills.... Read More
The Unexpected Joys of Being a Plant Parent (and Why I Now Speak to My Fiddle-Leaf Fig)
From Black Thumb to Proud Plant Parent Let's be honest, I wasn't always a natural nurturer. In fact, my thumbs were practically charcoal black. I'd managed to... Read More