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The poet's darling. ~William Wordsworth
Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I realized that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. ~Charles Lindbergh
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. ~Jacques Deval
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. ~Richard Buckminster Fuller
But the flower leaned aside
And thought of naught to say,
And morning found the breeze
A hundred miles away. ~ Robert Frost
Since the Dogwood Trees are blooming on our property, I felt like it was the perfect time to share this poem. I pray that it blesses you as much as it does Shannon and me.
The Dogwood Tree
By: Author Unknown
When Christ was on earth, the dogwood grew
To a towering size with a lovely hue.
Its branches were strong and interwoven
And for Christ's cross its timbers were chosen.
Being distressed at the use of the wood
Christ made a promise which still holds good:
"Not ever again shall the dogwood grow
To be large enough for a tree, and so
Slender and twisted it shall always be
With cross-shaped blossoms for all to see.
The petals shall have bloodstains marked brown
And in the blossom's center a thorny crown.
All who see it will think of me,
Nailed to a cross from a dogwood tree.
Protected and cherished this tree shall be
A reflection to all of my agony."
