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In the Garden<\/span><\/h1>\n

Essays and Reflections (Paperback and Kindle Edition)<\/h3>\n

by members of the Southern Christian Writers Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

Includes the work of authors Karen O. Allen, Grace Booth, Theresa Cates, MIke Chitwood, Leigh DeLozier, Kristy Ensor, Paige Hamilton, Melissa Hanberry, Melissa Henderson, Jim L. Hickman,\u00a0<\/span>Sandi Herron<\/strong>, Shannon LaPointe, Laura Lee Leathers, Tera Lee, Linda Lyle, Jamie McGlaughn, Joy McPherson, G. R. Smith, Gail Stevens, Bree Thompson, and Jan White.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Excerpt from In the Garden<\/h2>\n

\"We often do things without realizing how our actions influence others. I never realized when I turned into the driveway to meet the gardener with the beautiful flowerbeds that it would lead me on the path to becoming a flower gardener. My friend never realized by investing time in me, her gifts of flowers would one day bring people to my gardens to hear the story about the giver of the pass-along plants.\"<\/p>\n

Growing Together in the Garden of Life by Sandi Herron in In the Garden.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Available on Amazon<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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