we all need a tree

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

>" We all Need a Tree"
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> I hired a plumber to help me restore an old
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> farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough
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> first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an
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> hour of work, his electric drill quit and his
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> ancient one ton truck refused to start.
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>
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> While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On
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> arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we
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> walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a
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> small tree, touching the tips of the branches with
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> both hands.
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>
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> When opening the door he underwent an amazing
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> transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and
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> he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a
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> kiss.
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> Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the
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> tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked
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> him about what I had seen him do earlier.
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>
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> "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied "I know I
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> can't help having troubles on the job, but one
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> thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the
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> house with my wife and the children... So I just
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> hang them up on the tree every night when I come
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> home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the
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> morning I pick them up again." "Funny thing is," he
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> smiled," when I come out in the morning to pick 'em
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> up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember
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> hanging up the night before."
:rollside:

[FMluvswater]

:smile: Cool post.

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

Thanks FM