It was in February that I chose my tomatoes seedlings and disposed of the rest properly, meaning in my front flower garden 
It was good flower soil in the pots so it seemed more that appropriate to dump it there. Plus I threw all the small and insignificant seedlings that were not big enough to be replanted for the spring.
A very cold end of February came along, making me sure that none of the seeds or seedlings would survive, so the garden was clear for only flowers.
Two weeks ago I started looking at my flowers as they were starting to bloom and grow. Such a nice view and…such a surprise! There were tens of small tomatoes seedlings!!! I first thought they were weeds 
and wanted to take them out, but I felt my hands were smelling like tomatoes so… I left them there. If they wanted to grow even under those conditions, even after I threw them away, who am I to take their right to live? For sure I didn’t help them, just caused more trouble, and yet they found a way.
I thought that after the first wave of cold at the beginning of April I lost all my orange tomatoes. I had a few seedlings still left in the house, but no orange ones. Those seeds were pretty hard to find and I could buy just a limited amount, around 25 seeds. I was really sad that I lost them and I wouldn’t have this year the same colorful basket of vegetables, but started to settle with the idea.
Until I looked again in my flower garden! There are all the orange seedlings that I threw away in the winter and that are now just around the right size to transplant in the vegetable garden! They are already used to the sun, so I won’t get them burnt by long exposure (like I did with my second round of seedlings when I took them out from the house directly to the garden ) and they will catch up with the ones that are already blooming in no time.
I threw them away but I was inspired enough to keep them the second time they wanted to live. I was sad about losing my orange tomatoes but now I have them again, big and ready to bare some fruits I wonder what other things I threw away but I was lucky enough to get them back?
The Chronicles of a Human Being 
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