The Roots of the Hydrangea

This is a pink panicled hydrangea.  It's pink because the soil from which its roots draw life is alkaline.  Were it more acid, these blooms would be blue.  Pink hydrangea symbolize emotion which is appropriate in terms of how I am feeling this morning.  I have been thinking about death. Maybe because I'm getting old and my dog is on her last wobbly legs.  But, I was scrolling through the TV apps last night and landed on a show staring a clairvoyant named Tyler Henry.  His whole gig is that he communicates with the dead.  I never believed this crazy shit before but I now wonder.  Is there life after death?  Would I want to communicate with my parents?  Conjure the two people who are my roots.  How about hearing from my mom? I don't think so. I had enough of that self-absorbed sadness as a kid.  My dad.  Yes, I'd love to have another long conversation with my dad about the universe and history.  I miss those talks.  I googled "life after death science" to find the truth and it was no where to be found.  Duh.  I was hoping for new revelations through science because I have to admit Tyler was a bit convincing.  Maybe this hydrangea is proof. After looking dead in a few weeks, and then hibernating for months it will bloom large and in charge as New England temperatures turn mild once again.   Year after year.  Drawing life once again from the alkaline soil which nourishes its pink blossoms.  Maybe that's enough to know.