Stories. Soil.
Songs. Soul.
Author · Gardener · Nurse · Songwriter
I have spent much of my life helping things grow: people, plants, ideas, faith, stories, and sometimes myself.
Roots OMG is where those worlds meet. It is a place for books and gardens, honest reflections and music, laughter and loss, and the lessons we discover while becoming who we were meant to be.
You do not need a green thumb to belong here. You just need to be growing.
Welcome to my world.
Roots OMG began in the garden, but growth has never stayed neatly inside the garden bed. Explore the different places these roots have taken me.
Books & Writing
Stories about grief, hope, resilience, becoming, and what can grow in the places we thought were finished.
Explore the books →Garden & Growing
Plants, experiments, garden wisdom, Grow Parties, seasonal discoveries, and the occasional lesson learned the hard way.
Get into the garden →Music
Songs are another way I tell stories. Listen to music born from faith, experience, reflection, and the things words alone cannot always carry.
Listen & watch →Life & Reflection
Nursing, faith, family, loss, humor and everyday life have all taught me something about tending what matters.
Read from the roots →
Why Plants Die
and Other Happy Thoughts
Seeds are just the beginning.
Sometimes the best advice comes from a plant.
A whimsical, thoughtful journey through growth, grief, resilience, and hope—told with the kind of perspective only a plant watching humans could have.
Meet Frances, a quiet observer with roots, opinions, and more insight into the human condition than anyone expected.
This is not really a book about keeping plants alive. It is about what happens when life asks us to keep growing.
Buy the Book Learn More“I can’t do a chapter a week. When I start reading, I can’t stop. You have a real God-given gift for putting such hard feelings into words and expressing them in a way that helps you understand what to do with them. Your book came at a perfect time in my life.” — Susie
Everything visible started somewhere unseen.
Being rooted has always meant more to me than gardening.
Roots connect us to what nourishes us. They give us somewhere to stand when the weather changes. They keep working even in seasons when nothing appears to be happening above the surface.
That idea runs through everything here—from the garden to my writing, from nursing to music, and from faith to the ordinary work of becoming.
So I'll keep asking the question:What are you growing?
There is always something growing around here.
Meet Me Somewhere
Book festivals, author appearances, Grow Parties and other places where Roots OMG leaves the screen and becomes a real conversation.
See upcoming events →Read What's Growing
Garden lessons, personal reflections, faith, books, nursing, life and whatever else has been taking root lately.
Visit the journal →Take Something Home
Books, thoughtful gifts and other pieces of the Roots OMG world.
Visit the shop →