The Biggest Tree in Town
Kristi
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Born and raised in the small town of Itasca, my family moved to a larger home with a larger yard when I was five.
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Memorial/Tribute Tree
October 29, 2018
Born and raised in the small town of Itasca, my family moved to a larger home with a larger yard when I was five.
My wife and I went to visit our kids in their new home in Downers Grove. They had a big yard and quite a few good-sized trees. One tree caught my eye, about 20 feet from the house.
I AM A MAPLE TREE.
A lot of women who get diagnosed with breast cancer put on their warrior boots and collect their warrior friends to fight the fight and I honor them for their journeys.
I grew up in Quincy, IL and when you reach the 4th grade, on Arbor Day, each child is presented with a tree to take home and plant in their family's yard.
The sticky summers of my 1950’s youth seemed more extreme than those of today. Back then we didn’t have air-conditioning in homes, cars, or even most businesses.
Have you felt anything from a tree? Sure, comfort from sitting it its shade, amazement at its beauty, wonder at the intricacy of a leaf--more than that? Sometimes, the living trees give a gift.
I am a 10+ year member of the Morton Arboretum. It is my peaceful place. I try to go there to bike at least once a week and in the winter to cross-country ski when there is snow.
In 1972 my parents bought a small house in Wheaton across from my grade school. The house was dwarfed by a large tree, beautiful and strong, in our front yard.
I was in grade school. It was Arbor Day, and they were giving out little saplings to all the students.
