I Never Thought It Was Such a Bad Little Tree...

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree.
It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."
-Linus, from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

When we moved to the country Mary requested that we have a "real" Christmas tree. I decided that it would make sense to buy a tree that we could replant on the farm -- and watch grow in the coming years. But by the time I got around to it, I could only find a smallish tree. I never thought it was such a bad little tree. 

It wasn't bad at all, really. Maybe it just needed a little love.  So we loved it, and planted it, and watered it, and now we'll watch it grow.

Mary and her friend John loving our little tree.