When I first began my holistic journey about 13 years ago (yikes, where does the time go?!), I found myself much more connected to nature. I started noticing plants and flowers more and truly appreciating the lush Southern California surroundings. After reading about the wonderful therapeutic benefits of gardening and growing your own food, I became inspired to completely transform my parents backyard. A few weeks later our yard was overflowing with potted herbs, plants and flowers. I then decided to up the ante and grow a vegetable garden. Well, after hours of tilling, digging and planting, and feeling very proud of my efforts - I woke up one morning to find that it had almost all disappeared. I called out immediately for my Dad and yelled in a panic, "we have been vandalized!" My father looked quite concerned and then all of the sudden.....we saw a jack rabbit and then another one and another and another!! I can still see my father roaring with laughter now and saying, "we were vandalized by a jack rabbit family!" It was the first and last time we ever saw a jack rabbit in the vicinity. Dad has never let me live the moment down, and when I talk about gardening in his presence - I see the smirk on his face that takes him back to that day....which was admittedly pretty funny!
