It's Brenda here, with another planted blog post. Today, marks the 2nd Blogiversary of Bloom with Brenda. I started this blog in memory of my mother, who loved gardening. I found it only fitting to share a tribute to someone who became my best friend in life, after the death of my father from Alzheimer's Disease in 2007. We truly became a team, when it came to medical issues. My mother was my caregiver after I underwent a  craniotomy in 2008. I became her advocate, when she entered the nursing home in 2011, where she sadly lost her battle with congestive heart failure.  My mother was a wonderful gardener who loved making things grow before her very eyes, I could never understand why she enjoyed it so much, until writing came knocking at my door. I've said many times that writing is a healing balm for me. My mother's pride and joy was her vegetable garden and the flowers that would bloom in front of our house.  It seemed fitting to name this blog "Bloom with Brenda...