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Each spring in the outback of Western Australia there is the most amazing display of wildflowers. One flower, called the Everlasting, literally carpets the red dirt with pink and white paper-like daisies.
I always wanted to grow these flowers from seed in my own yard, but they had never grown. Last year at our new home I scattered hundreds of Everlasting seeds according to the directions on the package. This time, with all the plentiful rain we received, they grew, and I delighted in watching them grow tall and strong.
But then one day all of the buds started drooping, and I thought they were lacking something. I contacted the seed supplier, and she told me that nothing was wrong but that this is exactly what they do before they flower. Sure enough, they soon flowered.
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July 24, 2017 &
July 31, 2017
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From the readers
Carol Rounds, Nancy Bachmann, Margaret Margo Simons
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Faith that ‘moves mountains’
Debbie Buckland
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Not marked by birth
Sharon Rooker-Brade
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Feeling boxed in?
Virginia Anders
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The high tower of Christian Science
Judi Bell
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‘Just because’ prayers
Jenny Sinatra
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Panic attacks healed
Chiemezi Ahanonu
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Pain from burn quickly dissolved
Christine Driessen
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Spot removed through ‘mental surgery’; joy restored
Margaret McCain La Grange
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Restored after a fall
Racine Dews
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'His mighty purpose ripens fast ...'
Photograph by Trudi Carter
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Children at risk in famine: Why there’s hope
Gretel Kauffman
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Changing course
Michelle Boccanfuso Nanouche
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How do you know that?
Scott Preller