What Kind of Tree Are You?
by Elouise
My blogging friend Bill was diagnosed with ALS in 1996, the same year my sister Diane was. His journey is different, yet his spirit has the same razor-sharp focus on what’s really important. This recent post is for all of us. Enjoy it! Then go to About Bill and read his story. You won’t be disappointed.
Some might be disappointed, but this is not one of those quizzes like I see posted on Facebook. (There actually is one of those quizzes with this same title, but I didn’t take it because I was afraid that the results would show that I was Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree).
Ten or twelve years ago, let’s just say eleven, Mary and I were shopping at Home Depot. After finishing our shopping in the store, we wandered out to the garden department to look for some small trees. It was November, and most of the plants were marked down because they were making room for Christmas trees.
Mary got hung up looking at wreathes and other boring items, so I cruised my wheelchair over to go look at trees. As it turned out, there were not many trees left, and I didn’t see anything I was interested in. Just when I was…
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