Caelie Wilkes’ dream of being a nurturing plant parent died on the vine

Caelie Wilkes’ dream of being a nurturing plant parent died on the vine when she realized the succulent she’d been tenderly tending for two years was a fake. She recounted her botanical boo-boo Friday in a viral Facebook post. “I feel like these last two years have been a lie,” Wilkes, 24, wrote. The stay-at-home mom from California admits she was extremely proud of her “beautiful succulent,” which lived for two years on her kitchen windowsill. She was such a dedicated caretaker that “if someone else tried to water my succulent, I would get so defensive.” However, when she tried to transplant it into “the cutest vase,” she made a disturbing discovery: Her “perfect plant” was phony. #TRUSTYPAKISTAN #TRUSTY_PAKISTAN #FAKEPLANT via Trusty Pakistan https://ift.tt/QO9jEvf