With my laptop not working and having to deal with my iPhone and my bad typing on it, I have not checked the garden.org nor my emails very much. My sympathies to you for losing both your Mom and Dad the same year. But—-both of them are now together again, happy and healthy and getting everything what they want—at least according to Harry Potter BK. 7 (Rowling) and also the book The death of my son by Jasper Swain. Losing our roots is tough. As a single woman, I feel, although I have my own place, I lost my HOME where I always could go and be welcome. No more roots——But you have your own family now and a nice dog who will help you, maybe, with Spring gardening—
I now have a brand new iPad that I am still learning how to use——
Here's hoping that you will continue seeing things from the positive side—I am also glad that you knee is improving—--