Tending Roses Author:Lisa Wingate The lessons that most enrich our lives often come at unexpected moments and from unlikely places. That's what Kae Bowman learns when she moves temporarily - with her husband Ben and baby son - to her grandmother's Missouri farm. She arrives at a time of crisis and indecision - struggling with the demands of being a new mother, a not-so-new-wif... more »e and a well-meaning but often impatient granddaughter. The family has assigned her a Ben the hob of convincing Grandma Rose, who's become increasinly stufforn and forgetful, to move off the land that meand so much to her and into a nursing home. Kate knows such a change would break her grandmothre's heart. But wqhat is righ for her her grandmother? And what is right for her family and herself?
Just when Kate despairs of finding answers, she discovers her grandmother's journal. A beautiful handmade notebook it it full of heartwarming stories that celebrate the virtue of patience, the power of love, and the importance of family, friendship and faith. Stories that make Kate see her life - and her grandmother - in a completely new way - and lead her towards a new, more meaningful future.« less