My mother thought of human lives as she thought of the roses that grew in the front yard: sometimes they wilted, sometimes they almost died; yet with a “little loving care,” a “little gentleness,” a “little concern,” those roses always bloomed again.
–James Thomas Jackson
On this day, I will take five minutes to talk to my sons about nurturing and patience in the cultivation of human relationships, and to let them know that there is a season for everything and we should not be discouraged in fallow times.



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