Once there was a tree…and she loved a little boy.
Ry was a tree for halloween. A tree with an acorn crown and moss on his trunk and a bird’s nest, too.
He makes a great tree.
This solitary Tree! a living thing
Produced too slowly ever to decay;
Of form and aspect too magnificent
To be destroyed.
– William Wordsworth, Yardley Oak
Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
– Kahlil Gibran
The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?
– Pablo Neruda
I’m loving the Neruda one! Dude, that’s a much better tree than you indicated last night. That was anwesome tree. Plus I love that he wanted to be a tree. Aidan would have looked at me like I was on crack if I suggested a tree. He’d be like, “does this tree shoot cob webs, or have built in swords or what?” You’re a great mom.
Well after I made the costume, I felt kind of bad, thinking I failed him, that it was a shitty tree and that I sucked and my kid was going to have a miserable childhood. then the next day, everyone was really impressed and said they loved it, so I felt better. I guess it turned out okay, all things considered.
and thanks gina. you’re a great mom too, don’t ever think you’re not! even if you vote for mccain. I forgive you.
I will especially forgive you if you get your license plate that says VA Gina. I’ve been trying to get you to do that for as long as I’ve known you.