Healing Garden

[Healing Garden]

I've started this Healing Garden in honor of my mother - Joan Mary Coate (1932-2017).
She wrote this poem despite her advanced stage of Parkinson's. My father - her surviving husband of 61 years of marriage - says he needs to feed the animals. Chickens are the perfect animals for him to feed, since they return the perfect food back to him.

The Healing Garden

(Lord) Help me to plant the Healing Garden
to nurture every need.
Pour forth your saving grace.
Provide for me the seed.

Be patient with my ignorance.
Help me persevere.
Give my efforts credit.
Take away my fears.

I may not always understand
the time or the reason
when calamities happen
in each and every season.

Lord, help me to lovingly
to trust in your way
knowing that you are with me
each and every day.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas and welcome to BYC! What a beautiful poem! Thank you for sharing and I am glad your father is finding comfort in chickens. Best wishes!!

 

[N F C]

Thank you for sharing your mother's poem. Your father should enjoy the chickens, I always found it very relaxing to sit and watch them and of course, the eggs are great.

It's nice to have you here!

 

[SueT]

I love your mom's poem, I'm going to copy it and hang it on the fridge.
My chickens have provided me with 'therapy' as I live in an isolated locale and really miss my kids/grandkids who are 2000 mi away. Chicken therapy. That's part of what BYC is about....welcome!

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under Healing Garden

Welcome!

That is a beautiful poem, thank you for sharing. I agree that chickens are the best therapy!

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun. Unlike non chicken loving friends, family and colleagues, BYC’ers never tire of stories or pictures that feature our feathered and non feathered friends

 

[drumstick diva]

What a beautiful poem, your mom was very talented. Hope you will enjoy Backyard chickens as much as we do.