I remember it as being quite different when I had it, with fewer and larger leaves, and probably smaller overall. Maybe the perceived difference is due to the relative scale of plant to leaf because without a doubt it is a much bigger plant now.
What I remember as a mere spindly shadow of itself a few months after I gave it to my neighbor as I left my house, is now a much grander specimen. My neighbor, whose identity I shall keep confidential, really has a green thumb. He told me that he has been taking good care of it, but that it was really not that demanding at all. It is in the same relative position in his house as it was in mine: in a corner with filtered light. He said he waters it regularly and fertilizes it once a year, and that he had planted some cuttings in the same pot to balance it out, which accounts for its more symmetrical appearance. It always wanted to lean towards the light when I had it.
What is interesting is that when I gave it to my neighbor, he was having some personal difficulties and was himself in bad shape. He is in his eighties now, and even with the advancing years, he is in much better shape and the fact that the plant is also seems to me to be more than a coincidence. It is no exaggeration in my mind to speak in terms of family and social dynamics even when speaking of plants, for they are a part of our collective networks as well as the humans and other animals of our lives are.
As I left, I told my friend how happy I was to see the plant doing so well. He asked if I wanted it back. I immediately said: "By no means, he's yours now and has been for the past ten years!" I hope the plant feels similarly. He certainly seems to.