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No More Artificial Flowers!

Little girl running in a garden holding flowers and free

Do you know the song Artificial Flowers by Bobby Darin? It’s about an orphan girl forced to make paper decorations for rich women’s hats. She dies and finds out that God has a special garden just for her, with real flowers she doesn’t have to abrade her little fingers on.

This touching song was shared with me several years ago, and then recalled this week when reflecting on the Shulamite’s story. I’ve also been thinking about my own past and wondering what to share about it. We all have them, I know: stories of abuse, regrets, or both. The Shulamite woman talks about hers briefly, because she has moved on.

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🥀 … One of the things I’d like to mention is …

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Opening A Peony Bloom

Ants opening Peony Bloom flower

This is another “ant trail” that is a little off the verse-by-verse study of the Song, but I want to share something really cool that I saw. For those who know, I live next door to my Mom, and she has (which came with her house) a lot of flower gardens that need tending. I …

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The Touch Me Not Flower

There is an interesting wildflower that grows in the summer woods of N.Y. here, usually along streams. I look for it when I walk because the juice in its stems is said to be helpful if…

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