ALLOWING FOR GROWTH

Despite my careful ministrations, my lovely Hibiscus tree did not survive it’s indoor  wintering. It’s bony branches reach futilely upwards, grasping for…? It is a stark grey skeleton that suggests failure.

Late Spring I planted Morning Glories in it’s soil & placed bamboo skewers for it to climb upon; soon the blossoms will yield Technicolor Joy.

I must be more like this Hibiscus tree; able to support a new way of being, a new essence which allows for thoughtful growth.

The Blood of Kings

Ancestral Crests from
Bruce,Campbell,Stewart,DeVermandois,
Capet & Our Family's Other Royal Forebears by Susan Bruce DeVermandois  Pfostaka Susi Franco | Make Your Own Book

This is my newest book, "The Blood of Kings", which took two full years of research to be able to write. I am adopted, was given up at one year of age to abusive Appalachian parents; I did not attend school some days because I had no shoes; went in the trash to recover food scraps for myself and my three younger sisters. Imagine the stun of shock to learn, after I found my biological family & began working on geneaology research, that I am directly descended from a long direct bloodline of  many generations of Scottish, French & German Kings, Queens, Dukes, Countesses, Princesses, Barons and even a couple of Emperors. This little book provides a concise peek at the royals who populate my ancestry, whose very names make me weep, understanding that finally I do belong to a family, one more extraordinary and wonderful than I could ever have dreamed. I invite you to preiview it...although I wrote it for my children & grandchildren, you may find it historically interesting too. It is proof positive that fairy tales DO come true~ :)