Radiant Roots

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  • Right Here, Right Now

    “If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they… Continue reading

  • Garden Gatekeeper

    “Dear friend, don’t let the bustling culture determine the needs of your own children. You get to choose how they grow up. You can protect their time, energy, and imagination. You are the gatekeeper of the garden of their childhood.”… Continue reading

  • New Horizons

    “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”  William Faulkner I am at a place in my life where I am feeling pulled in two different directions and no matter how… Continue reading

  • In the Brambles

    “Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling… Continue reading

  • How do I do it all?

    “Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close This quote has always resonated deep within my soul because I have this zest for… Continue reading

  • Motherhood and Potatoes

    “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”Cardinal Mermillod I have never in my life been a baby person. Babies are noisy, messy, helpless little creatures without any… Continue reading

  • Walking with a Friend

    “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller  A sweet friendship refreshes the soul as Proverbs says (27:9). I can’t tell you how many times a friend has made my… Continue reading

  • Adventurous Stranger

    “Make your choice, adventurous Stranger, Strike the bell and bide the danger, Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had.” C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew Have you ever had a big decision to make?… Continue reading