05/14/2026
Today was the first day this spring that I was truly able to be back out in my garden.
My garden has always been a refuge for my mind, body, and soul.
A place to breathe, reconnect and remember what matters.
Caring for the Earth is one of the ways I honor what God has given us.
To me, tending the Earth with love is a form of prayer.
Tonight I wrote this for my garden and for the season ahead.
My Garden, My Prayer
Rosemary, yarrow, oregano,
and thyme, chamomile, chocolate mint, honeysuckle, midnight salvia, echinacea, serviceberry, lady’s mantle, willow, heirloom climbing rose, yarrow…
May this garden bring restoration.
May what grows here nourish mind, body, and soul.
May these roots remember what survival once made us forget.
May the herbs protect, the flowers soothe, and the trees hold steady the wisdom and knowledge carried through centuries past.
May pollinators find refuge here,
as beauty returns where exhaustion once lived.
Let this space remind us that healing is natural, cyclical, and alive.
And may I grow alongside it—grounded in joy, presence, and reverence for the Earth.
The garden reminds me that healing is not linear,
but seasonal, layered, cyclical, and alive.
This too is alchemy.
— Staci Lee
The Recovery Alchemist