Don’t Give Up

I was perusing photos for one to use on this post, and came upon this one from one of my grandmother’s heirloom roses, one of the roses used in the creation of the cover for According to Carley Love.

November 1st, and I still have a few roses blooming, just now they sway in the fall breeze atop their long, thin stems. No matter how abused from being dug up and moved the numerous times, from cold and heat, and neglected and forgotten because I’m otherwise occupied, the bushes do what God creat...