When Danielle was born in October of 1992, my wife insisted that we plant a tree. I remember doing it in the spring the following year at our new place. That tree today is some 30 feet tall and in actuality is two trees growing very close together. I wanted to prune one, but my Annie wouldn't let me, so there the two trees are reaching for the sky, side by side. When you look at them from the porch outside our house you can't help but notice that they lean to the right as the sun is often gobbled up by the majestic trees that sit just north of these thriving two bean poles. You can hardly see the leaves on these trees as they have had to go so high before putting out branches left and right. As this was brought back to my memory, I am considering some of my favorite stones - which are part of my bedrock, "I am the True Vine - My Father is the husbandman."
Dear Friend,


