Toddler’s Dictionary of Spring

The May Garden, 2023 In April, the garden wakes up. But in May, the garden stretches its arms and legs and gets out of bed. In late May and all of June it will have gulped down it's first cup of coffee and be fully awake, but it takes a little while to pad down… Continue reading Toddler’s Dictionary of Spring

If I Wrote a Love Story…

If I wrote a love story, I'd start it on Mother's Day. A garden would begin from a grocery cart and a broken heart. The daisies would be half-price. There would be hope. And it would take awhile. There would be no time for cliches. There'd be too much life, too much hard, too much… Continue reading If I Wrote a Love Story…

To Bloom in Winter

The January Garden // 2023 Truth be told I have not spent very much of January in the garden. I've caught snippets of sunshine, taken snapshots here and there, but I've been indoors most of all. Cat is either not too thrilled with winter or telling me to put the phone down already and pet… Continue reading To Bloom in Winter

Old Winter Prayer, God’s Blessing & the November Garden

November came with the bursting of my son's flower. It was gifted to us when friends found out we were pregnant with our boy. It then had quite the story in the ground then trampled, then in a Lowe's paint bucket where it recovered, and then in the ground again where it has bloomed to… Continue reading Old Winter Prayer, God’s Blessing & the November Garden