A woman is like a flower…<\/p>\n
When she is properly tended, well fed, receives the proper\u00a0amount of love and light, handled gently, like the beautiful\u00a0creature she is, she will bloom in full radiance.\u00a0If you provide her a good foundation upon which to grow her\u00a0roots, she will continue to grow and bloom, season after\u00a0season, only becoming more beautiful with every Spring that\u00a0passes.<\/p>\n
However, when exposed to harsh elements, neglected and\u00a0abused, keep her in the dark or handle her roughly, she will\u00a0wilt, bruise and hide her beauty from the world. If you pluck\u00a0her, take away her roots, steal her foundation, she will wither\u00a0and die.<\/p>\n
I’ve been a flower in someone\u2019s garden…<\/p>\n
I once bloomed, brilliantly, beautifully, but was not handled\u00a0with the care of the Master Gardener, so I wilted, withered,\u00a0and nearly died, my beauty hidden from the world.\u00a0I lived in this darkness for so long I felt dead inside,\u00a0appeared dead on the outside, nothing but sharp, pointy, painful branches left of the beauty that could be. Plucked\u00a0from the garden, left to hide in misery and gloom.<\/p>\n
But much like the rose bush, which can live for years in dark\u00a0recesses before it finally dies, once firmly planted again,\u00a0tended and cared for, the rose bush will once again bloom in\u00a0its full glory.\u00a0It may take time, but the blossoms, the petals, the color, the\u00a0fragrance, all of it will again grow, and if properly handled,\u00a0will be all the more spectacular with the new season.<\/p>\n
My Master Gardener has tended the ground upon which I\u00a0thrive. He has fed me, cared for me, provided me with love\u00a0and light, given me a solid foundation upon which to take\u00a0root.<\/p>\n
I open the petals in my Springtime to the rising warmth of the\u00a0sun, and I once again bloom with my full beauty, glory, and\u00a0brilliance that always should have been mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A woman is like a flower… When she is properly tended, well fed, receives the proper\u00a0amount of love and light, handled gently, like the beautiful\u00a0creature she is, she will bloom in full radiance.\u00a0If you provide her a good foundation upon which to grow her\u00a0roots, she will continue to grow and bloom, season after\u00a0season, only becoming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n