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Comments on: Trees https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trees Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:48:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-570 Thu, 28 May 2020 15:18:44 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-570 In reply to Patty.

Thanks, Patty! I’ve always loved trees and elderly people. Even when I was 18 years old, I worked in a nursing home and truly, deeply, fell in love with those people. And now I see this correlation so clearly – both are vulnerable and both need to be protected!!! xoxo

]]> By: Patty https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-569 Thu, 28 May 2020 15:10:15 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-569 ]]> Such a beautiful post once again Cindy- loved it. We live on a tiny corner plot in the middle of the city but still have 10 trees of various shapes and sizes between our front and backyard! And I love every one! you draw such beautiful comparisons between old trees and the elderly. I loved thinking about their role in sheltering the younger trees but yet how the added sunlight when the old tree is gone encourages the young ones to rise up and take their place…. beautiful. Thank you for sharing your gift with the rest of us!! 😊

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-568 Tue, 26 May 2020 20:44:00 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-568 In reply to Kathy Newhouse.

A compliment like that from YOU carries a LOT of weight, Kathy! Thanks so much. I sometimes tire of just writing random thoughts, thinking “Who the heck cares, anyway?” ANd then I get some feedback where someone was touched or blessed and even if it is only ONE person, I think, “Well, God must want me to keep pressing on in this!” So, I do. You’re such an encourager and I thank you so much for being part of my “tribe!”

]]> By: Kathy Newhouse https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-567 Tue, 26 May 2020 19:39:32 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-567 When I read your writing, I can visualize what you are trying to say. This is a sign of a GOOD writer. To be able to beautiful compare trees to the life of an older person (I guess I classify myself as “older” now!) is to be able to “see” the beauty of nature as God intended it but also to see the beauty of a life lived for others (we hope!).
Thank you for always blessing me with your God-given talent and creativity!

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-566 Mon, 25 May 2020 02:33:38 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-566 In reply to Paul Baar.

Thanks, Paul! And I totally agree that we can never spend TOO much time with the older and wiser. They DESERVE that kind of respect, but also, we would be so blessed and encouraged to sit at their feet and listen to their stories! I SO wish I could ask my grandparents what it was like to leave the Netherlands and come to America as teenagers – who couldn’t speak a word of English – and with only $15 to their name!!! But I guess it’s never too late to start! Think of Iris Myaard – I can only imagine the wonderful stories she could share! And truly, my hearts cry is that we would all, in general, just treat the elderly with more kindness and respect. THAT is something VERY achievable!!!

]]> By: Paul Baar https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-565 Mon, 25 May 2020 00:39:16 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-565 Very nice, Cindy. Judy and I comment often, why didn’t we have deep conversations with out folks. I wish I would have talked to my Dad more. What was it like coming to the United States at age 17 in 1921. And so much more.
So much history lost. Wish now that I could talk to John DeWitt Hy Yntema, And some of the old Browers. And a lot more of the old “Grovers” Hopfully the younger generation will learn to ask and talk. But we both say. We were so busy raising our family, all that old history stuff wasn’t important. Now it is. Thanks again

]]> By: Kory Mitchell Barr https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-564 Sun, 24 May 2020 01:12:30 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-564 In reply to Mitch Barr.

Oh no. I like the emotion. Bring it on! Tears cleanse the soul I always say. The day I stop crying (over things that move the heart of God) will be the day I start dying.

]]> By: Kory Mitchell Barr https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-563 Sun, 24 May 2020 01:10:36 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-563 In reply to Cindy DeBoer.

Oh no. I like the emotion. Bring it on! Tears cleanse the soul I always say. The day I stop crying (over things that move the heart of God) will be the day I start dying.

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-562 Sat, 23 May 2020 22:00:49 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-562 In reply to Maureen Hodge.

Thanks, Maureen! You are such a giver of light and love! I appreciate you and your feedback! Grace and peace always.

]]> By: Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comment-561 Sat, 23 May 2020 21:59:53 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210#comment-561 In reply to Jill Lindstrom.

Thank you, Jill! I always appreciate your feedback. I, too, experience God so deeply in nature. For me, it is a more spiritual experience to walk through a woods or sit and watch the ocean than it is to go to church. I wouldn’t never give up the latter for the former – because I truly believe we need both. But I do believe God has something powerful to teach us in nature and our busy, bustling lives often make us miss the message.

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