She says she’s had one…I sit and listen. My eyes are are probably glazed now as I hear what I said months back being regurgitated as today’s epiphanies. Silence is best here. A nod and smile. A word of encouragement. 

I now know the time delay on being heard. 

“You planted a seed.” She said. 

“That’s me… Chauncey the Gardner.”

Dennis Mantin