From my new book, Bless You Bouquets: A Memoir, I present Bless You Bouquets to my friends, the Praying Magnolias, whose supportive love and encouragement brighten my life in this place.   I would present to these lovely ladies buckets full of posies. For their faithfulness, irises in every variety and color, for they have colored my life with beauty; for their love and friendship, bright pink peonies (minus the ants), fragrant and sweet; for their cheerfulness and optimism, bright mums…..

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