Finding Zachariah

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who knew a feral cat named Sebastian could observe and share so many different insights about human behavior- all within a formerly abandoned lot?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>FINDING ZACHARIAH </em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>allows you to capture the spirit of what is possible in a community garden. While this remarkable story is fiction it is based on true events. Imagine a veteran with PTSD who has fallen into homelessness and thinks alcohol is his only friend - only to find a true friend in a feral cat Sebastian. Then imagine a family suffering from losing their dad to violence.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Finally imagine the possible </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>healing and reconciliation</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> that can occur when volunteers work their own road map to turn their lives around - with the help of compassionate humans the feral cat and a service dog.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Many things go on in a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>community garden</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> - mulch-making seed-planting pollinating irrigating nurturing - both plants and people and reaping a bountiful harvest.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>All this can occur even in Phoenix Arizona where you can plant in October and January but not in May and where you need to add nutrients and water to the parched desert soil.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nancy has volunteered in two community gardens. She has learned up close what makes a garden work. First all who participate learn skills and provide nutritious food for families. Even more important she has witnessed the rich bonds of friendship that form among the humans - and their companions - who make the community garden an integral part of their lives.</span></p><p></p>