America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/05/friendship-rose.html
Today I'm sharing a blog I first wrote in March 2014.
FRIENDSHIP
Relationship between two people
affection
sympathy
empathy
honesty
compassion
understanding
fun
trust
faith
love
caring
"But friendship is the breathing rose,
with sweets in every fold."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)
American physician, poet, professor, lecturer and author.
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| Hand-picked Roses. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
There is a time when mothers and daughters become friends.
If we try to be friends when our girls are too young, they lose a mother.
Then who will be their mother?
Being a mom is often a thank-less job, but not always.
My daughter, Faith, gave me red carnations for Valentine's Day. They bloomed for 19 days.
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| Faith's Gift. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
This week, Faith gifted me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers that she hand picked from the florist: red, yellow, ivory and lavender roses and a red carnation.
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| Faith's Gift. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
I arranged each flower carefully in two of my favorite blue-and-white vases. I gently touched the precious petals, and drank in their fragrance. I brushed my hand across the rosemary in the pot next to the roses. It's scent lingered on my hands. For one brief moment I forgot about the snow covered ground outside my kitchen window.
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| My Kitchen Window. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
"Why beautiful flowers again?" I asked my daughter.
"I just wanted to thank you for taking me to divisional championship swim meets, Mom," said Faith.
Going to swim practice and swim meets is something we always do. It's nothing out of the ordinary.
What's extraordinary is a young woman who brings gifts (purchased with her hard-earned money) to her mom, and to countless others. Only God knows each act of kindness Faith bestows on others. One day He will reward her openly for her acts done in secret.
I'm proud to share that Faith earned medals in every event she swam at division championships. She trains hard every day at swim practice.
I'm even more proud, in a godly way, of the way Faith lives her life in service to others.
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| Faith's Gift. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
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| Faith's Gift. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
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| Rosemary & Roses. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
for
stopping
by!
Come
back
often,
and
invite
a friend!
Mary Marcia
Mother to Kristin, Benjamin, Sarah & Faith
Grandmother to Joshua, Megan, Emily & Caleb
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/05/friendship-rose.html
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| Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood |
