In an attempt to learn how to take care of plants, because he eventually wanted to have a bunch of white lilies all over his home, Hayden bought a small purple cactus as his first plant. He was in middle school at the time and mostly left it’s care up to his nanny/caretaker at the time. It thrived beautifully and when he deemed himself ready to move on to the next plant, he tried taking care of it himself and it died very quickly because he kept forgetting to water it and didn’t keep in in the sun. He was very upset and gave up on plants for a very long time because of it. He was convinced the plants just didn’t like him.