A Tree and Her Boy

Josh was home for his birthday and I took some photos of him with his tree.

As I posted these photos I thought of the poem The Giving Tree, which I read to my children many times.

Once, there was a tree…
And she loved a little boy.
And every day the boy would come
And he would gather her leaves
And make them into crowns and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk
And swing from her branches
And eat apples
And they would play hide-and-go-seek.
And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree… very much…
And the tree was happy.

Such a sweet poem.

Such a sweet boy.