I spent the past two days completely immersed in my personal garden, a necessary and overdue meditation after the past few weeks getting ready to open The Botany Shop at 909 Portage Avenue. As I ripped out turf to make room for more plants, I scoured the back of my brain for the words to describe what I’ve felt these last few weeks.

Joyfully tumultuous gratitude. Yup, that’s it.