I've known this tree for 10 years. I've visited it during different seasons of my life. It began in a season of new beginnings, filled with promises, happiness and blooming with lighthearted joy. Then came a season of unbecoming filled with confusion, shedding, longing, and pain. That shifted to a season of shattering, filled with darkness, aching loneliness, hopelessness and grief. Followed by a season of rebirth, filled with hope, triumph, miracles, childlike optimism and p
