A Bed of Roses...Thorns Included

I'm not sure I've ever written just WHY I came upon the name A Bed of Roses...Thorns Included. If you've read this blog for long, you know I love roses of almost any type. In the four houses we've owned, I've always planted roses. Every single one. Two of those we were only in for two years each. Life just seems better when I can look out a window, somewhere and see a bloom and smell a fragrance.

My banner is of a set of rose bushes in my back yard. They are getting ready to be transplanted to make way for a deck, but I'm definitely NOT getting rid of them. All of these pictures are of roses in my yard.

Anyway one day I happened upon the saying above. "Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses." Alphonse Kerr I've seen it attributed to others, but because I first saw it with Mr. Kerr's name, I've left it.

I knew when I started writing that I would write romance. It was a given for me. I'm sure other writers of other genres felt the same way about what they write.

Roses have long been the universal flower of love. And yet, love does not come without hurt.

So I found a title:  A Bed of Roses (all the good stuff) ... Thorns Included (and the bad stuff) all thrown together in life, and in books.

It's about being real, showing my imperfections, sharing my joys, and my sorrows. It's about life. And maybe, just maybe I can help someone else along the way.

Blessings,

Name change

In case you haven't noticed, my blog title keeps changing. That's because I can't figure out what I want to call it.  :)

Under HIS wings was my first thought, but there are too many of those out there already. Then I did Living, Loving, Reading and Writing, but it seemed so impersonal - you know, anybody could write it. Then I thought about and researched Living a Legacy - tons of those out there too. I don't even remember my last title - must have been amazing. :o

So now I am trying out "A Bed of Roses...Thorns Included." My favorite quote (has been for a long time) is listed above. If you haven't already figured it out, my favorite flower is a rose - any color, any shape, any size. I have no less than 10 plants at the moment, which doesn't seem like much, but usually I only get two or three in the ground before we move again. (No, we're not in the military. Just job changes or life changes.)

My plan for the future - when my children are gone and I have more time - is to have a rose garden, complete with gazebo. When we bought this house, I told my husband that I was buying it to stay. Now God may have different plans, but at this moment, "I" do not plan on moving from here, ever.

So tell me what you think of my name change. The good, the bad, and the ugly - as the saying goes. I can take it - I think. ;)

I remain...under HIS wings,
Ginger