It’s a small request, but one that suits me.
The Dogwood. Graceful, poised with her perfect blossoms and statuesque build.
She sneaks in behind the eager daffodils, an ACT 2 harbinger to spring.
Magically she arrives on stage, like a ready dancer, her arms held so perfectly poised.
Sturdy is this beauty, independent and strong with her trunk and muscled arms.
So bury me there so I might enjoy her brief blossom, so much like life.
We arrive, tarry awhile yet depart really quite quickly,
This pretty Dogwood, her stay is not so different,
Her return each year like our own journeying from one lifetime to the next,
As we meet the people we’re meant to meet upon our path,
Bury me there, my ashes and a favored trinket or two.
And if my dogs should live beyond my years.
You might bury them there as well.
It’s fitting, Dogwood and all!
BB Webb
This blog is frankly for me to somewhere land the many crashing thoughts, ideas, musings in my head… things I see, absorb, process though, lessons learned, in business, through relating to others in this quixotically changing playground of life. Having someone bare witness to my experience (or yours), I feel somehow gives existence greater depth and color. We all need to be heard and seen, challenged, encouraged, and well, as you’ll soon learn through my world view, loved.
Hi BB Webb,
My discovery of your site was looking up images of dogwood tree varieties under consideration for our new home in NC. Thank you for the wonderful prose about your dogwood.
Larry
P.S. The teacher in me won’t let me not cite your misspelling:
“…changing playground of life. Having someone bare witness to my experience…”. ‘Bare” in this context is ‘bear,’ although bare might be justified as the more pleasant consideration.
Hello Larry! Oh, feedback is ALWAYS welcomed. You might need to be the editor for the book I’m writing!! Thank you for the feedback and the thought of ‘bare’ being a ‘pleasant consideration’!! You are too kind. We are only as brilliant as the people we surround ourselves with. (oops, ended in a preposition)! NC is a LOVELY state. I have a dear friend who lives there and I always love to visit. Best wishes with your new journey! Warmly, BB
Here, in British Columbia, we are celebrating 100 years of P.E.O. It would be wonderful if we could use your dogwood photo on our home page as the Pacific dogwood is B.C.’s provincial flower. Could you please give us permission to use your image for next year?
P.E.O. is an international sisterhood that supports the education of women.
Sincerely,
Debora
I would LOVE to know more about your organization Deborah as I am an advocate of both the education of women and the entrepreneur, particularly the female entrepreneur. In fact, I’ll be at a ‘high hat tea’ in Athens, GA with the Jeannette Rankin Foundation who also raises money for the education of women. You might be interested in reading about them. http://www.rankinfoundation.org/ I also wrote a blog about them after willing the hat competition
http://bbwebb.wordpress.com/?s=jeannette+rankin
The photos…i found them online with no credit so I’d say, (as far as I know) they are fair game. Best wishes. I am entirely in love with those precious dogwoods, all showing up so beautifully this morning in my back forest. And oh, British Columbia, a gorgeous part of the world, for sure!
Thanks so much for stopping in! Warmly, BB Webb
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