by Deryn | Jul 5, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
During my travels, I have come across many different fountains, from exotic colored musical fountains to simple garden fountains. There is something soothing about watching the rise and fall of water as it makes patterns, droplets, glistening like diamonds as... 
by Deryn | Jun 28, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, Seasons of Life, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
BRIDAL BOUQUETS I could not let June go by without talking about bridal bouquets! When I was a child, Mario Lanza would sing a song from “The Student Prince”, about ‘taking your girl for a honeymoon in June, June’s the month for honeymoon’. There are numerous songs... 
by Deryn | Jun 21, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, Seasons of Life, Transitions, Travel, Widowhood
TEMPORARY BEAUTY For all the beauty that we see in flowers, they are seasonal and temporal. You would be hard put to find tulips in fall! Lambing time is in Spring and so is the singing of birds and flowers blooming on hillsides and gardens. Soon the temperature... 
by Deryn | Jun 14, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, Seasons of Life, Transitions, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
BLOOMING IN THE DESERT I have travelled to many places all over the globe, and in each of those places I have found beauty. I see beauty mainly in nature in the amazing variety of indigenous flora. I have seen beautiful lace plants in Finland at... 
by Deryn | Jun 8, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, Seasons of Life, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
“Blessings reaching to the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills” I don’t know about you, but my favorite time of the year is when the flower growing season is at its height. The diversity of plants and flowers has fascinated me since I was a child... by Deryn | May 31, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, Retirement, Seasons of Life, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
For the past three weeks I have spoken about wind, how it disperses seed to grow, lifts us above our circumstances and give us energy to move forward. Today I want to focus on fire which is also a necessary element to growth. There is a beautiful flower...