I’m busy writing my next book, Bless You Bouquets, in which I recount the ten homes we’ve lived in, the gardens I’ve nurtured, and the people who have blessed my life. I make Bless You Bouquets often for people’s birthdays, as get well gifts, and sometimes just to brighten people’s days. They’re not elaborate, just a few sprigs of greenery, a couple of pretty flowers, with stems wrapped in wet paper towels, aluminum foil, a paper doily, and ribbon. It’s…..
It occurs to me that among all the nastiness in the news, the daily sightings of corruption and evil, the disasters which plague our world, the disease which reminds us of all-too-present mortality, that God blesses us daily with beauty enough to compensate. Beauty generates happiness, and although it is as fleeting as an image in a mirror or a dream which fades with morning’s light, that beauty is a God-designed balm for our souls.
The problem is that we…..