a mother’s garden
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Fairies Move into the Summer Garden!
On a warm and cloudy summer morning I walked into the garden to find a fairy family had moved into the flower bed. Quite a history they must have, but I’m thrilled they ended up in our neck of the woods, or more accurately our garden in the northern California foothills. As you see here… Continue reading
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There Will Come a June (Just You Wait)
Rewind to the June we were neck-deep in infertility and you’ll find me in the photo below. Picking these flowers became such a special part of my summer season which was otherwise marked by the harshness of time. But there would come a day my miracle toddler son and I would go on a walk… Continue reading
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Every Exhale a Triumph
In the same way I walked outside last Wednesday morning and felt the trueness of spring, there was a moment of lifting back in early spring 2022 when I laughed and felt it. Postpartum the second time around was more difficult than the first. I wrote about some of those feelings in this post, Mommy… Continue reading
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Look Inside My Garden Journal + Tips to Start YOURS!
In last week’s post I wrote of reclaiming the lost art of winter. These colder, darker and much shorter days make way for the body to rest and for the heart with all its prayers and dreams to sit in the ground like a seed and be watered. It’s a deep breath. And oh how… Continue reading
