Lucy's Garden

Summer is here, which for me means time to finally start Lucy's Butterfly garden that we have been planning for almost a year now.

In my head everything is going to be so perfect and beautiful. We bought two purple butterfly bushes and planted them, because purple reminds me of Lucy, as do Butterflies. Eventually I want to fill it so full of flower that you can't see the dirt.

 

We know that the Butterflies will need an area to sun bathe and a place a for water, so we will make a puddler for them. I plan to do something meaningful with that, just not sure what yet. I found some ideas about stacking terra cotta flower pots and a terra cotta plant saucer to make a sort of bird bath shape, and then filling it with damp sand.

I really want that garden to be a place to honoring children who have been lost to abortion. I have two dear friends whom I want to honor their children in a specific and personal way-Still working on that. The other children, children of women from the Center I work at or children of women from our Recovery Group, I will probably honor in a less personal way, but either way they will be included.

Here are some Pictures: (The large bush in the back is going to be removed. So all we have for now are those two small bushes.

Save One Group/Updates

As I mentioned several months ago, I was asked to be a silent observer for the Spring Save One group at Choices. It kept getting rescheduled, but God had a plan. Had it not been rescheduled, there would not have been time for my car to get fixed and I would not have been able to go. And the two wonderful women in this group would not have been brought together and helped each other so much.

I spent 1 entire weekend and 6 Thursday nights with 4 amazing women, 2 leaders, and 2 group members. They have all brought so much change to my life. Each one is so unique. I cannot post anything about their individual circumstances, but I can say that they both made some huge strides in their healing, really life changing events happened, and I feel SOOO Blessed that I got to witness that!

The study was great and their Memorials to the Unborn Babies were Beautiful and VERY personal.

How I wish I could write more details about the circumstances and the Beauty that came out if it.

Those of you who are reading, Please continue to pray for the women in each group. It is a tough process, but the end result is worth it.

Update: At the Center we are currently working on getting things together for a visit to a State College. And also our Annual Banquet.

K and I have discussed dates and ways to get the word out for our Recovery Bible Study Group. So far we have decided local TV channels, radio stations, news paper ads, flyers at church, and speaking at some churches. I trust however that the right people will be called at the right time that they will come.

As for the Banquet, my part is just my speech. So I am focused on that. I posted it in a previous post. I am pretty nervous because my job as a speaker there is to convince these people that Life is as Precious as it is. And that women need Support during their pregnancy so that they will make the decision to keep their Baby or Healing if the have already chose abortion. My Husband is coming also, with a PURPLE tie to support the Center and Remember Lucy*. He has heard me speak and he knows OUR story, but it still makes me a little more self conscious with him there. I Embrace his Loving Support though. He is a great Man... September 9th is the day.