My Neighbors Destroyed My Grandparents’ 50-Year-Old Apple Tree — They Never Expected the Price They’d Pay

important things in life take time to grow, that stewardship matters more than ownership, and that the best response to destruction is to plant something new while honoring what was lost.”

On the twentieth anniversary of my grandparents planting that original apple tree—and the tenth anniversary of its destruction—I organized a neighborhood tree planting continue reading …