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Narda Tate: The Buds of Promise Read on for the latest article from reverse-snowbird and Sunday evening organist at Columbia Christian Church Narda Tate, known for noticing all the little things that make Southern Kentucky such a great place. By Narda Tate I finished my blueberry harvest at the end of June this year, which is the normal time. By previous year's standards, it was a light harvest. Only 37 pounds. But there were several bushes that hardly produced anything, so I'm hoping they were just taking a sabbatical and will come back stronger next year. Even though I only harvested a smaller amount this year, it is still a gracious plenty for pancakes, muffins, cobblers and pies. The truth is, I am still trying to work my way through last year's berries before delving into the ones from this year. My part of the yard work is to use the hand mower around the blueberry patch and the individual bushes, using the grass clippers to get close to the trunks so that everything looks neat and nicely shorn. That is what I was doing this morning and as the grass catcher filled up, I was taking the clippings to make a ring around the base of each plant to kill out the grass and make my job easier - hopefully - in the long run. And as I was doing this, I examined the bushes and found little tiny red pointy buds on some of the branches. These tiny objects are the promise of the blueberry bush to me that when the time is right, the temperature is right and the sunshine is right, those buds will burst forth into blossoms to produce delicious berries for my enjoyment. This won't happen until next year, but the promise and hope are there already. Do we sometimes feel like that? There is something budding inside us, not quite sure what, but something. The time is not right, or we are not ready. Perhaps we will have to endure a long, cold, dark winter before the time arrives for us to bloom and blossom. Perhaps we need to mature a little bit more or find more energy to put into that potential that already exists. But with patient endurance, when the time is right, our gift, our talent, our offering to the world will become evident. And I'm not only referring to great accomplishments and notable achievements. We can all develop buds of kindness. A listening ear. A friendly smile. A pat on the shoulder or an understanding look directly into the eyes of someone who is going through a hard time. We all have these buds in us, just waiting to show the beauty inside to the hurting world outside. This story was posted on 2026-08-15 17:53:00
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