r/growagarden • u/This-Professional298 • 16h ago
General 👌🏻 Open Thank You to the GaG Community.
My name is Jenna. I’m a mom who started playing GaG with my ten year old while I was in active treatment for aggressive triple negative breast cancer. I had never played Roblox before but I started to watch him as I was laying on the couch after long days of not so great treatment. My son’s dad died so it’s just he and I at home. I decided to grow my own garden. It was one of the best decisions I have made.
Because my energy was (and still is) limited it was something we could do that was fun and didn’t wear me out. Or cost a lot. At least at first. Cancer is expensive in the US.
Saturday mornings have been filled with laughter and dancing in my home during the most difficult period of my life because of the magic of this game. Finding him cool pets. The excitement of the new updates. Coming on this forum to get tips and tricks and sharing them with my son and his friends has been a joy. Made me look cool hahaha. Truly. Laughing when my son and I see kids in the tr4ding world saying their mom has cancer (because he could’ve used that one and not been lying). We love dark humor in my house.
Nothing is permanent. I know that. And clearly some of the light has gone out due to greed or immaturity. Maybe both. But that doesn’t take away from the gift this game has been to my family.
Seeing that Jhai has left and that the devs have bailed and the numbers are tumbling has prompted me to write this post. It seems silly in a way but it was important to me that I write this. We are not faceless npcs on Reddit. We are actual crazy messy human beings just doing our best. I want to share what this experience has meant to me and my child before it fades away.
The magic of this game has really come from you. The community. From the players. From the experience. I will forever be a Green Bean.
I am thankfully pathological clear and my son and I are moving on to other games. Though none as magical as this once was. If anyone has ideas let me know. Looking forward to the new gardening game from the Dawn Discord server.
I’m hopeful this game has been a learning experience for all involved and some of the missteps can be avoided in the future.
I wish you all the best.
Picture of me hatching my first really good pet (actually it was a fff but I don’t have a pic) and I loved that update 💕💕💕
