I was kind of surprised at just how deeply sad this made me. Yes, I'm normally emotional, but crying for a tree? Really?
I suppose it makes sense to be upset at the financial loss and inconvenience this represents. At the same time, though, I'm reminded now that this tree has been a quiet, steady presence in the midst of our family life for the past two and a half years.
It gave us shade in the summer time. Like when it provided shade for this impromptu munchkin reading circle.We played helicopter with it's seed pods and stuck them on our faces to turn ourselves into pretend rhinos (or unicorns, or triceratops).
It served as home base for countless games of tag.
It made a great photo backdrop, especially in the Fall.We made jumping piles from its fallen leaves.
We used those same fallen leaves to nourish our garden.
It made a great center support for snow forts and a shield during snowball fights.Thank you Maple, for always being there. We'll miss you.
**Full Disclosure Statement: this tree lived in a joint custody arrangement. It is technically on our wonderful neighbors' side of the property line, so they have the final say in whether it stays or goes.
3 comments:
I gotta say I love you for this post. It is very sweet. And that is, in fact, a mighty fine tree. Provo will be all the poorer for its loss.
Trees do have spirits, when we took out all the apple trees it was a very sad feeling for me. But - don't give up yet on it. Make a clean cut where it broke, seal it over and just watch to see what happens in the spring. It might struggle - and need to be re-shaped with some other major pruning - but you just never know. Some trees are pretty resilient.
I'm sad about the tree as well Steph.
Maybe we'll be surprised by it's ability to produce many more wonderful seasons and memories. I've seen it pretty down before but have also seen it spruce back up. I'm crossing my fingers.
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