I have this little lavender garden I tend. I grow it for the health benefits it offers. It is a beautiful herb with the most delicate of purple flowers. It can be used as a calming agent or for depression. Lavender is also recommended for insomnia and as an antifungal agent. Such an unassuming herb with it's beauty. It's properties are powerful enough that pregnant women are advised not to use it and there is some supporting research that  cautions diabetics of it's properties. For more reading here is a link: http://lavender-essentialoil.com/.

We as women are quite powerful in this same way. Our beauty preceeds our power. We offer so many gifts, but if not tended to, the ability to offer these to others fades and withers. We must tend to our own soul garden. Practice kindness. Be present. Get rest. Listen. Have patience. Meditate. Create. Journal. Join in a sisterhood of support. Connection is a powerful thing. Cultivate your art, however that may look for you. Whether you cook with joy, paint, sing, photograph or write. Join with others who support your endeavors and strengthen your soul.

Love and Light, Veronica