THE DINKY TREE

What if you went to the local Alco Discount Store in mid May

and rescued a little dinky apple tree

from the way too cold spring

and

planted it in a place that was far from ready for anything to be planted yet

and

it had only one little teensy blossom that should never survive

and

you planted it in your yard anyway because, well...what did you have to lose?

and

that blossom

turned into one apple

that was nearly as big as the little dinky tree

I don't know about ya'll

but

I would have to say that's not a dinky tree at all

but

instead, a pretty special little tree that not only produced the biggest fruit it could against all odds

and with that fruit, gave a certain amount of hope

of much more to come

no

that's not a dinky tree to me

at

all

and a very important lesson in the gifts that grow in us all