According to Mary Beth Bradley Scow, the 2009 Nevada Mother of the Year Representative, motherhood is similar to raising a garden. In the garden of her family, she considers her children to be the flowers.

"Without proper nutrients, plants wither from lack of food or water. Mothering is the same. High expectations, teaching and training, loving, nurturing and correction are all necessary for the seeds to mature into a productive adult."

Scow, a member of the Valle Verde Ward, Henderson Nevada Green Valley Stake, has had many chances to develop a green thumb in the mothering garden as she has nine children and 21 grandchildren.




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