I Am Afraid!

Have you ever been afraid of watering a plant? Well...I am, and I'm going to tell you why. This is one of the ferns that hangs on my front porch. I have two of them. I love getting these ferns every Spring. It's a real Southern thing. It seems that everyone around here hangs ferns on their porches.

For the second year in row, cute little birds have built nests in my ferns. Both of them. We love to see the tiny blue eggs in the nests. We have seen the eggs hatch, and the baby birds finally leave the nests.

Here is the scary part. I am afraid to water the ferns. I have a fear that the birds are going to attack me. They fly away when they see me coming, but I can see them watching me from the trees. I just know that the birds think I am going to damage their nests. My ferns might die for lack of water. I begged Brock to water them for me the other night. He MADE me do it (he did go with me,though). He said that I must face my fear. He told me that facing my fear would build character. What a mean husband (I still love him).