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When We Do What Has To Be Done
We find strength we didn’t know we had.
Many years ago I bought a tiny little tree for my yard. It took no time to get it in the ground, it was so small. Over the next few years, one thing was clear. I had underestimated this little tree.
It’s now big, heavy, and beautiful. A Palo Verde. The canopy takes up half of my backyard.
The tree was also reincarnated. About six years ago, we came home from vacation to find the tree had blown clear over and was now occupying space in the pool. We had no other choice but to completely cut it down.
That damn thing grew back. Rose like a Phoenix right out of its own trunk. Twice as big. Twice as strong.
We had a huge wind storm on Wednesday of this week. When I came home from work, I found part of it had snapped in half and split at the truck. A third of the tree was resting on my block wall fence that was also now leaning.
It was a huge heavy arm leaning on a thin wall. The weight could easily topple it. My anxiety level went through the roof but all I could do was stare at it. I was completely overwhelmed. It was too much.
I was confounded about what to do next. I needed a landscaper. I needed to call the…
