The soil in which the Popcorn grows

"Popcorn can be safely planted after the last killing frost in spring. Your crop will need plenty of sunlight.  Add compost or composted manure to the garden bed where the popcorn will be planted. Corn is a warm-weather, needy crop that requires plenty of water combined with rich soil. Popcorn comes in many varieties and colors including white, yellow, red, black and blue. Regardless of the seed color, all popcorn pops up white when cooked. Growing your own popcorn will result in a healthier, more delicious snack." 

Thank you e-how and Yahoo Voices.

So much can be read into learning how to grow your own popcorn.  My popcorn that I refer to as "her", which is my mother was practically grown in that exact process.

There is so much to the history in a family's soil which enhances to the growth and development of the popcorn seed.  Understanding where family comes from and the lives that were led explains alot of how she is today. 

Before the last killing frost, there was a whole generation before hers that explains the family dynamic today.  In my grandmother's mother time, there was so much tragedy and deception that had occurred which created the a distinct taste of insecurity in this family.  My grandmother's mother had several children with my grandmother's father.  Mostly girls were bred.  My grandmother's mother knew that her husband was unfaithful, but wasn't sure with who. He was a very successful business man with alot of money.  Sometimes, when men have too much wealth, they think they are untouchable and can have anything, even if it may hurt others. For example:  Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Sen. John Edwards and the list goes on and on.  When she found out it was with her sister, my grandmother's mother committed suicide by drinking opium.  Then after her death, her husband went crazy and burned all the money he had and only kept the change, leaving the family in poverty.

That story has lived through many popcorn harvests.  To this day and in fact, yesterday we discussed it again as she was talking about the "family soil" and how it has impacted the crops in her garden.  In her garden there were 9 stalks.  Today there are 8 remaining stalks left.  Each are a "needy crop" in their own way.  Some need to be the center of attention, some need to feel superior by trying to damage other stalks through insult and isolation and some do just fine with what they were given because they realize, despite all differences "they all pop white". 

Being that she is the stalk in the middle of this garden, she has some insecurities, she is one that wants other's to hear her voice and she is one that also realizes she has to accept what each stalk is made of and move on with her life.  Hoping the seeds she planted will grow and learn from what the "the last killing frost" left behind.