I measure time passing by my children’s faces.  It is hard to notice them change if you don’t have photos as yardsticks.  I was shocked this year when I noticed this tree that was planted in our front yard in 2005.  Friends had come in from North Carolina and I had a horrible stomach flu.  I had completely forgotten that a nursery crew would be delivering and planting trees in the neighborhood.  Our house nearly got skipped, but thanks to my (pushy??) 🙂 visitors I was the lucky recipient of this beautiful tree.  I can’t believe how much she has grown.