Late Bloomer

My Christmas cactus has decided to flower!

This is an especially momentous occasion, because for nine months last year my beloved houseplants did not have me around to care for them. Not pointing any fingers of course, but without watering TLC , they suffered. And in fact, my beautiful, bushy, English Ivy...died. Crispy as a potato chip.
The others were on the brink of destruction, but I set to work, and now, months later, they are on the road to recovery. And I have this lovely flower as proof.
Its good to be needed.