Are you ready to know the TRUTH of why we climb trees and take folks into nature?

First, let me ask YOU a question just to make sure. Have you ever had a bond with something in nature that was secret and sacred?  Perhaps it was a tree that lived in your side yard, providing shade and protection from the wind or a

magical hideaway in the forest behind your home  

  

 OR a meadow you ran to that instantly provided solace and peace of mind. You always felt better after being invited to rest in her space. Perhaps it was a Tree from your window, one you looked out at every day while you did the dishes. YOU knew it was secretly looking at You too.

  

I once had this with a dogwood. This dogwood came to me at a time in my life

  

when I was lost. 

  

I had recently left my daughters father and bought my first home in the country. I needed to remove myself from him physically

  

so I could learn who I was again.  

  

This dogwood was my companion. She was the first to greet me every morning when I left for work and again when I arrived home. No words were needed.

  

She accepted all parts of me and I of her.

  

I began to really take notice of her seasonal changes and in the first spring when she bloomed I noticed then that she had several dead limbs. I called the local extension office and the arborist on staff educated me that she would require a greater span of mulch underneath her. She seemed to perk up a bit until the following summer when I spotted bag worms and another call and a trip to the local store for spray brought back restoration. So it went for several years.

  

We watched out for one another.

  

I kept her mulched and paid her attention. She simply and powerfully provided a peaceful unconditional presence.

  

Despite all my nurturing efforts there came a time when she only had a few blooms left in her. I casually mentioned to my husband she would eventually need to be removed. I did not know he would do it that day. When I came up on the porch and saw her lying there in the grass I was devastated. For two straight hours came gut throbbing cries. I felt like I had lost my grandmother again.

  

  

Now you may think I am crazy and that is okay. My message is to only get you to take one moment to become aware of nature all around YOU. My mission has always been to bring as many people as we can to the trees. We find that after they climb something happens. A partnership is formed with the Trees. An unspoken commitment is developed. A newfound awareness of developing a relationship with trees that is honoring and conscious. 

  

 Are you being called to spend more time in nature??

  

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