I was picking the dead leaves off of Shelley, my plant. Yes, I'm weird, I named my office plant.
Anyway, I was tugging on one particularly stubborn dead leaf and the whole plant came out of the pot. She had roots, but they were fragile and weren't planted deep enough.
I'm so sorry for doing that to her...I was just trying to clear away the dead leaves. But she still has some roots. So, I've replanted her deeper into the soil, with the soil bunched up around her to give her some support. And I watered her.
She's not a flowering plant, but I hope someday she'll 'bloom' again.
It occured to me that my situation is similar to what just happened with Shelley.
My roots weren't deep enough and were too fragile. However, I've replanted myself and surrounded myself with support.
