Evergreen
Everytime I take jack home after dark I see them. 2 medium sized trees growing outside his bedroom window. His mom and I bought the house new in 2002. It was new construction so all the trees were gone. We decided to plant some ever greens around the house. The only spot I wanted them was outside his window. I noticed that any car that came around the corner in front of the house shined lights into his room. I thought a couple trees would help. I planted 9 trees around that house. 7 of them died within the month. 2 survived. They now are well over 8 foot tall and block out oncoming headlights quite well. They also jeep the evening sun from heating up his room as much. They were the only 2 that didn’t die. They had a purpose.
I wish I could be there all the time. I wish I could protect him from the world day and night. I can’t. No parent really can. All we can do is plant those little evergreens that grow up to block out headlights. We can only hope that whatever saplings we plant within our children grow to serve them well. Because some day, we won’t live in that house anymore. Someday we will not be there to close the blinds to keep the light out, but, hopefully, our 2 little evergreens will be.
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