Parenting is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, but it's also the greatest blessing God has shared with us. Am I doing enough? Am I doing too much? At the end of the day are we building our children to their best? Ultimately, we are family and we grow through the trials and triumphs together! is a series of short motivational stories with gardening tips, prayers and practical take-aways. Surviving parenting can be like gathering marbles on a slanted table but when they fall in place it's priceless! Parenting, like gardening and weeding have many lessons in common. This book addresses real life challenges for living day to day with the blessings loaned to us for a short time. Pam brings a moment of thoughtful clarity to the daily irritations, thorns and enemies to parenting perfection! Walk with her through her garden and its lessons as she shares parenting ideas with all its excitingly raw precious confounding days! Learning to love and train not 'when' or 'if' but 'in spite of' is a gift given to parents striving to embrace their charges!