Slightly Stormy July Evening

As I was waiting for the bus to go downtown tonight, dark clouds covered the sky.

The wind was blowing quite strongly.

The clouds seemed to be moving from north to south.

And I suddenly noticed the tree not far from the bus stop.

I think it was a great oak.

It certainly had a mighty trunk to it.

And reached tall into the sky.

Its branches swaying slightly with the strong wind.

But it was tall and majestic.

And it withstood the challenge of the storm.

I looked across the street from the bus stop where a man was working on the rock and rose garden on his lawn.

His wife stood looking out the living room window at him holding up a baby.

She held up the baby and pointed at the dad.

And the baby smiled.

As I observed all this, it struck me as being interconnected somehow.

The family was meant to be like a great tree. With solid roots and a sound trunk, it can withstand many a great storm.