✦ A Mother's Day Edition ✦
For Karina — my love, my garden, my heart
To a woman of grace, faith & boundless love
"Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her."
Proverbs 31:28 · New King James Version
Karina — you are the garden where our family grows, where faith takes root, and where love is always, always in season.
The Scriptures speak of a woman whose worth is far above rubies — a woman whose strength is not loud but steady, whose love is not boastful but deep, whose lamp never goes out in the night. That woman is you.
Every morning you rise and tend to those you love with quiet grace. Every prayer you whisper, every meal you prepare, every embrace you offer — these are the seeds of something eternal, planted by faithful and beautiful hands.
"A woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised."
Proverbs 31:30 · NKJV"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness."
Proverbs 31:26 · NKJV
"Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies."
Proverbs 31:10 · NKJV
"A gracious woman retains honor, as strong men retain riches."
Proverbs 11:16 · NKJV
Selected verses from Proverbs 31 · New King James Version
"The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain."
Proverbs 31:11"She does him good and not evil all the days of her life."
Proverbs 31:12"She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms."
Proverbs 31:17"She extends her hand to the poor, yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy."
Proverbs 31:20"She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness."
Proverbs 31:27"Many daughters have done well, but you excel them all."
Proverbs 31:29From the moment you became a mother, I watched you transform — not into someone different, but into the fullest, most radiant version of who you have always been.
You love with a quiet, fearless depth that moves me every single day. You give without keeping score. You pray when others worry. You stay when the world says to leave. You bloom in every season.
I see the way you pour yourself into our family — your patience, your laughter, your faith, your tears. None of it goes unnoticed. None of it is forgotten. It is written in the hearts of those who are blessed to call you theirs.
Karina, you are my answered prayer, my greatest gift, and the most beautiful garden God ever placed before me.
Today is yours. Every day is yours.
"Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates."
Proverbs 31:31 · New King James Version