Hello Book Loving Friend,
My theme for the month of May is—Sow seeds of faith, family, friendship and bloom in the garden of your life.
I believe that everyday we sow seeds. Seeds in the forms of relationships with our family and friends. Or seeds in the forms of goals and dreams.
Sometimes, we sow these seeds deep in the ground. Sometimes, we scatter them on top of the soil. Sometimes, we drop a seed without realizing it and leave it for someone else to find and benefit.
Whatever seed or dream we’ve planted, we wait for it to bloom. Bloom into beautiful flowers or blessings for ourselves and others.
Some flowers bloom in the fall, some spring, others the summer. Some even in the freezing cold of winter or the driest desert. All depends on the type of flower, when we sowed the seeds and how we cared for them.
Sometimes, we over love our seeds and drown them with attention. Or we forget about our seeds and allow them to wither and die.
Sometimes, we dig up our seeds, replant or transplant and expect them to bloom on our timeline anyway.
Sometimes, we’re impatient. We keep digging up the seedlings, checking their progress, tucking them back into the dirt only to dig them up again and again and again. Every time, we shout with disappointment that the roots weren’t that deep. We wonder why, not realizing that we didn’t give them time to grow, become and blossom.
Sometimes, we keep our seeds in the dark. Not wanting anyone else to know about them. Or hide them behind another, more beautiful flower. Not realizing that they deserve their own sunshine to reach their greatest heights.
I want you all to know that I’ve been there, done that and have the dirt under my nails to prove it.
I’ve been told that talking about faith is taboo as an author. It will turn off readers, destroy your brand, alienate you from other authors. Here comes the buuuuuutttt.
Faith for me is a golden string that runs through me. Pulls me up, gives me hope, allows me to dream. A string on which one end is my heart and soul the other is my God and Maker.
Did you ever play the game with two paper cups and a string between them? You talk into one cup and the other person can hear you with the other cup. Or can they? Who knows, that’s why it’s called faith. I can pick up that string and connect in. Whenever, I choose. However, I choose.
It takes faith to sow seeds in your life. To give up control and realize that sometimes, not everything is up to you. Sometimes you have sow your seeds and believe.
Some flowers will bloom. Some won’t. Some—the mighty ones—will bloom greater than you ever expected.
Wishing you a beautiful garden filled with hopes and dreams, friends and family.
Happy reading.
Hugs—❤️Dee
Dee Armstrong—Romance and Suspense author.
Dee’s a writer, a mom, a tea-aholic, a gardening ninja and her grandma name is Lolli. ?
Pick up one of her books and she’ll leave a fingerprint on your heart.
