Happy Monday.

I wanted to share something extremely personal and special that happened this weekend. This isn’t really about flowers or business today. It’s about being a mother, being human, and having the courage to open a door when the timing finally feels right.

As many of you know, I am a single mom. My son, Jack Golden Barker, was basically raised in a flower shop. He has grown up surrounded by flowers, customers, deliveries, weddings, early mornings, late nights, and all the beautiful chaos that comes with having a mom who is also an entrepreneur.

Now he is 14 years old and heading into high school. He is, without question, my favorite person on this planet.

Jack has never met his biological father.

As he has gotten older, naturally, questions began to surface. Recently, Jack found the courage to tell me that he wanted to meet his father.

And yesterday, for the very first time in his life, Jack met his father through FaceTime.

If I had to describe it in one word?

Magical.

It reminded me of watching a flower emerge from the soil. For so long, there is something happening underneath the surface that you cannot see. Then one day, when the timing is right, it blooms.

I have always known this day might come. The door was never locked. But I also believed that it needed to be Jack’s decision and that the timing had to be right.

I believe God knew when that moment would be.

The most beautiful part happened after the call ended.

Jack cried and hugged me.

They weren’t tears of sadness. They felt like the release of something he had carried without even fully understanding it. Almost like a missing puzzle piece had finally been placed into a part of his identity that had always been unknown.

It took courage from Jack to ask.

And it took two adults, his father and me, to put everything else aside and create a safe space for him. His father showed up, listened, and was available to him. For that, I am grateful.

I have no idea what their relationship will look like tomorrow, next month, or years from now. I don’t need to know today.

What matters is that the unknown isn’t quite so unknown anymore.

Being a single mother while running a business has been one of the hardest and most meaningful experiences of my life. Every day I have had to show up financially, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually for my son while also showing up for my customers, employees, flowers, and dreams.

Jack is a huge part of why I keep going.

When I wrote my book, Flower Energy, I dedicated it to Jack Golden Barker. If you have the book, look at those first few pages. That dedication means everything to me.

There have been days when I wondered how I would keep going, and then I looked at my son.

There was my answer.

So maybe this Monday message is for someone who has a missing piece of their own.

If there is a parent you have wondered about, someone you love whom you want a relationship with, or words you have been afraid to say, maybe there is something powerful in simply speaking your truth.

You can say, “I would like to know you.”

You can open the door.

And then you can release the outcome.

You cannot control whether another person walks through that door, but you can know that you showed up with honesty, kindness, and an open heart.

I have experienced this in my own life, too. I have reached out wanting a closer relationship and had it not turn out the way I hoped. That taught me something important: we can control the love and integrity we bring to the table, but we cannot control another person’s response.

So we keep showing up. We stay kind. We stay transparent. We stay real.

Yesterday, my son learned something about where he comes from.

And perhaps a small part of him began healing simply because he no longer had to wonder.

I don’t know what the future holds for Jack and his father, but I have a peaceful feeling that something beautiful has begun.

Just like flowers, some relationships bloom immediately. Others spend years beneath the soil before they are ready to come into the light.

Yesterday, something bloomed.

Have a beautiful Monday.

Keep going. Keep praying. Keep asking for guidance. Keep your heart open, while protecting your peace.

And when the right door opens, sometimes all you have to do is have the courage to walk through it.

With love,
Jenny Barker
The Flower Doctor
Author of Flower Energy