Manitoba Maples

I've always loved Manitoba Maple trees. They have always felt like old friends. I will take five saplings with me when I leave. My friend whose house in which I am staying, has lots of self start Manitoba Maples. I don't know if they will grow where I am going but I will plant them in the rich earth of home and hope for the best. In every home I have had I have left trees of some variety and it has always been a significant thing to do. I will be leaving here two lovely Lilacs, loads of Blue spruce some green gage plums and any number of cargana. With my love of trees, there is something significant about planting trees in each new place I live. I usually try to plant a tree for each person living there. Five Manitoba Maples... one for each Daughter, one for each parent and mine will stand alone. I will shelter them from the ocean and the barrage of salt winds that prevail near the north Atlantic. My hope of course is that they grow exponentially. - - I have been thinking about my future and trying to put a positive spin on my possible endeavours. At this point I am just trying to get it through my head that I even have a future... at least I feel like any future without him in it just seems odd. - - Yesterday I took Daughter # 1's advice. I put some highlights in my hair. I like it. Tomorrow I will add a little curl. Perhaps we will have a salon day. We can't today because we are going back to HH so that Daughter #1 can pack for her flight to Vernon, where she will be working for the next three weeks with the JCRs. While in hh today i will pick up Daughter #2 and bring her back with us tonight. Tomorrow i will put her on the flight. I am anxious to see her fly alone... but she is sixteen and it is time for her to try things on her own. Besides there will be a ranger at the other end to meet them. Her dad will be leaving on Saturday for the same destination on a bus load of kids as one of the chaperones. I am missing Daughter # 2 but texting her often. I will be glad to have her with me this evening. I will be doing fun things with her as much as I can since that has been what I have tried to do with Daughter #1. Still I look forward to my own bed and my memory foam mattress. My back is beginning to ache tiredly from lack of comfort during the sleeping hours. It feels like we girls in this family are the three Manitoba Maples. We are strong, and we shelter each other. But. Most of all we are beautiful.