Palm Trees Aren’t Forever
The other night I was waiting my turn to play ping pong with the winner of Patrick and Papa’s game (if it’s correct to word it like that) and while papa was retrieving the ball from one of Patrick’s "slams" he suddenly gasps and says, "Sandra, mira!!" And I looked where he was pointing and saw… much to my horror… that my "beloved" palm trees were eaten down to the core. See, my dad likes to let the cows in one by one to "graze in the orchard" but forgets about them. And it’s happened before… they come to the porch and eat my plants. Of course this is very aggravating to me and I used to fuss a lot about the stupidity of letting the cows in the YARD …where of course they’ll leave "cow pies" in places there’s not supposed to be cow pies. So anyway, Papa did start being more careful about this… he didn’t allow them to "graze" anymore, but still fed some of the milking cows inside so the other stupid cows won’t steal their food. And he also was very nice in staying out to watch the cow until she was finished eating. In the meantime, I tried to faithfully water my plam trees (they are in pots, btw) and was pretty happy about how they were beginning to look. The one sprouted beautifully, the other one was so badly damaged I thought it woudl never recover, but it did. It wasn’t as pretty as the other one but it was slowly getting there. I also had a fairly young one I planted several months ago and anyway it was JUST ENTERING THIS WORLD and Papa (or Patrick…. they were blaming each other, lol) forgot about a cow they had let in, and SHE ATE MY PALMTREES!!!!! Well, I must clarify it was only two of the three… she didn’t eat the prettiest one because I had it on the higher level of the porch and she couln’t get to it as easily. Makes me mad but oh well. I decided not to fuss too much, because I know Papa was trying to be careful…. and accidents happen so yah. And besides, they will grow back, I think. It is painful to see them look so pitiful after being so pretty but PALM TREES AREN’T FOREVER. Does it drive you burzurk to think of the beautiful gardens in Heaven?? We’ll be able to stroll them with Jesus!!!
