Tend to Your Own Garden

Tend to Your Own Garden

“A worthy woman doesn’t watch weeds grow. She plants what she wants to see bloom.”

Sweet friend,

Can we take a walk into the garden today?

Not just the one outside—but the one inside. The garden of your heart, your thoughts, your spirit. The one that sets the tone for your home, your peace, and the way you show up as a leading lady.

When I first moved into our home, my garden was beautiful. We had laid down fresh soil, planted the prettiest flowers, and everything looked like a dream. But life got full. Business, babies, busyness—and slowly, I stopped tending to it. The flowers faded. The grass crept in. And soon, it became a mix of wild overgrowth and the memory of what had been.

And isn’t that just how it goes?

When we stop tending to our inner garden—our thoughts, our habits, our joy—things creep in. Weeds of worry. Roots of bitterness. Comparison, frustration, offense. And the most heartbreaking part? We don’t even have to plant the weeds. They show up on their own—blown in by culture, conversation, or even just a tired day.

But you, my friend, are a leading lady.

And a leading lady tends her own garden.

She doesn’t waste her days comparing her blooms to someone else’s. She’s too busy pruning, watering, and pulling what doesn’t belong.

She knows what she plants is what will grow.

And she knows that tending her soul is not optional—it’s vital 

Scripture

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

—Proverbs 4:23

Summer Joie de Vivre

Take 15 minutes today to tend to something you’ve been ignoring—maybe it’s your actual garden, or maybe it’s your beauty drawer, your prayer journal, or your favorite forgotten ritual. Pull one weed. Plant one flower.

Affirmation

I am the keeper of my garden. I plant what is lovely, and I pull what doesn’t belong.

From One Friend to Another

If you’ve let your garden grow over with distractions or old hurts, it’s okay. There’s no shame here. But let’s pick up the tools again.

You don’t have to fix the whole garden in one day.

Just start with one weed… and one flower.

And just a little FYI from me to you?

I fully intend to make my garden beautiful again this summer. It’s my personal goal—to tend to my inner garden and my outer garden with love 

We’re blooming together