When we face an injury or illness, we hope the doctor will ease the pain or cure it. But, with mental health struggles, sometimes there is not a cure. There is only something to ease the pain.
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Winter Progress in the Gardens
Throughout the winter, I have focused on the Winter Garden of Arendelle, while adding evergreens, conifers, and winter interest plants in other gardens, too. When I look at the gardens, I want to see color year round.
All the Garden Favorites I’ve Loved Before
During the holiday season, I put up 10 luminaries at the back of the Arendelle Garden with evergreens I have planted throughout 2024 honoring our daughter Corrie's tenth birthday on December 10. In the time between Christmas and the New Year when it pours rain outside, snow covers your driveway, or all of the wintry… Continue reading All the Garden Favorites I’ve Loved Before
More than Gardening
This raised bed makes the experience more than just gardening.
The Unexpected Journey
I remember a woman at one of my Compassionate Friends--an international support group for parents, grandparents, and siblings who have lost a child/ brother/ sister--said that, with time, your grief journey will bring you gifts you never imagined. Now if you had the choice to get your child back, of course, you would take it, but this is the path given to us.
When Do You Find the Time?
People garden, not as a matter of the mind, but as a connection to the heart.
Corrie’s Arendelle Garden on Labor Day
I remember watching Gardeners World when the host, Monty Don, described this time of year like the grand crescendo of a symphony. It wasn't those exact words on this BBC produced show.
“Celebrate We Will”: Garden Number 10
In fact, I believe we should celebrate birthdays always.
The Writer’s Block Breaks
We’ll see the changing of the colors, dear, no matter when it is: the swan emerging from the river before summer’s end when one more calla lily portrays its plumes.
Let’s Arrange some Summer Flowers
When I garden--whether I move plants, put down dirt, or cut flowers--I feel reconnected with the world. It recenters me.
Corrie's Season 