Our magic Garden

Our Magic Garden...

Last night,

We lit up a dozen or so candles,

and put them in the pumpkin patch...

in our Garden...

our magic Garden,

(magic because it can grow pumpkins with all the weeds in it).

But also magic because we

planted it in granny's name

the spring after she died.

Savannah grabbed some blankets,

Daddy grabbed some chairs,

and

I grabbed my black coat and

 my witch hat 

with Jacky pack in tow...

 When I glanced in the mirror I thought

that perhaps I should have been a ghost,

because my pale face and dark circles,

are enough to scare something fierce...

But wow...Isn't she beautiful.

Inside and out that one.

Then we stood in a sort of circle

and picked numbers,

Malia got the first turn...

But we put a spin on our picking tradition this year,

Before picking it from the vine,

we had to name one bad habit that we

would "spook" out of our lives this year.

Malia's was spelling,

Garrett wanted to spook away my pancrease

and I am going to spook away my

diet coke...

Henry just wanted to spook his pumpkin.

When he found the perfect one,

he curled up in my arms,

and together with Aunty Shellie,

grandma kathy and grandpa Glenn,

we quietly watched the candles burn.

And with every flicker of light,

I Thanked God for my garden,

my home and my family.

Then I silently prayed for more 

faith.  More meekness and more

patience.

But I must say that 

Today was a great day...

I held some apple sauce down!!!