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On the first day of every month, Gabriela has brought home an orchid from the neighborhood florist.<\/p>\n
Under the florist’s care, the orchid thrived. The flower petals perked. Little buds of future flowers popped up on empty stems. And the leaves stood at attention like the guards outside of Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n
Under my wife’s care, though, all of the orchids have died…<\/p>\n
It’s not intentional, of course. Nobody drops $129.99 plus tax on the first day of every month to buy the best-looking plant in the flower shop with the intention of killing it.<\/p>\n
But the end result is the same. The plant does okay in our home for the first week. By the end of the second week, it looks a little tired. The leaves start to droop. The flowers shed a petal or two. And the buds stop growing and show no interest in bursting open.<\/p>\n
The third week is usually quite somber. Most of the orchid petals have abandoned ship. The leaves are wilted and sagging. And while the florist tells me, “That’s impossible,” it appears to me that the buds have shrunken and have hidden back inside the stems.<\/p>\n
By the fourth week, the orchid needs hospice care.<\/p>\n
And by the end of the month, I perform the burial services. “You deserved better than this,” I say as I deposit the “stick in a pot” into the green recycling bin.<\/p>\n
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