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Collected Item: “Rediscovering a Family Passion”

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Rediscovering a Family Passion

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The document contains photographs of the garden

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In the pandemic, Kimry reached back to her roots and decided to create a garden. When asked by friends on Facebook what did she put into the ground to make it so fertile? She replied "I put love into my ground, I put hope into my ground, I put patience into my ground and I put heart and soul into my ground. In life you can try and put this into people and yield no love back, no real friendship, and no real kindness. But, I tell you, Mother Earth will show you, that you deserve all that you put into her and more. God's time can be so quiet, calming, and so peaceful."

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#discoveringlove #gardeninginmyblood

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Kimry Hawkins Lawton, Oklahoma

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2020-06-24
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