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Dear Reader,
A little pink nose with an uneven, tiny black spot on the left side of it was poking through the thin bars. White whiskers were sticking through those bars, too, and the minute I spied the little fellow I knew he was the one. That's the sweet memory I carry with me of when my husband and I adopted Barry, our tuxedo kitty, from the Humane Society two year ago. Even though we were set on adopting an all grown up cat, there was no doubt in my mind, when I saw 8-week old Barry--he was the one.
Instantly a wave of warmth and love filled my heart and I felt like I was being reunited with a lost child. "Where have you been? Let's get you back home."
I had the same feelings this past weekend when I went to the nursery to buy a tree. One of the trees in our yard was falling apart little by little, every time a gusty storm passed through. It's hard for me to part with a tree, but the truth was the tree was dead, and it was time to take it down.
And now it was time to replace it with another tree. I went to the nursery with the idea that I was going to purchase a Tabebuia Chrysotricha tree (Gold tree is the lay-gardener's name for it), but just like the magic I experienced when I first saw Barry, as the clerk and I were headed to the Gold trees, I stopped in front of a Sugar Gum tree and instantly, I was in love. "Let's get you home," I announced to the tree.
I can't explain it, but I felt like hugging my new tree right then and there. The clerk agreed that it was a great tree and it was in beautiful shape, "and what a good price, Suzanne, but don't you want me to show the tree you came to see?" she asked.
"Nope, this is the one," I told her, "I don't need to look any further."
I wanted to take the tree home right away, but it was too big. But I did take a picture with me, and when I was showing it to my husband he could tell I was love struck. "Are you sure you wouldn't like to go visit the tree one more time this afternoon? I'll drive you."
I almost said yes. Thankfully I didn't have to wait too long to see my tree again, it was delivered the next day, and tomorrow is tree planting day. I invite you to celebrate with me. It would be impracticable to give away trees to book club readers, but I am giving away something else dear to my heart--aprons. Be sure to click and see my new tree, and enter my apron giveaway. Go to: http://www.emailbookclub.com/photo/Apron082113.html
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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AUTHORBUZZ: THE ALMOND TREE (Fiction) by Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Although a Jewish American woman, I wrote in the voice of Ichmad Hamid, a gifted Palestinian Muslim male, who grows up in Israel. Ichmad makes a split second decision that devastates his family. THE ALMOND TREE is his journey of redemption.
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