In a dream I walked a fragrant path, and emerged through
a gate to see a garden that loved me. My blooms surrounded me, and
I tended them with care because I loved them.
Perhaps
a family is like that garden, each child a delicate rose that with
the gentle nurturing of a master gardener can flourish and bring
beauty to the world. How like that gardener am I, who daily plants
love and encouragement in the rich ground of a child's heart, and
who, with the kind hands of compassion, guides the rose to fill
the trellis.
Our
newest little "bloom" is our daughter Everett, with whom God
blessed us on June 18th 1997. On her first birthday, I present
this garden, and this cottage, in her honor!
-Thomas Kinkade
