The Pink tree of life....

May 27th , 2010

It is going to be hard to say this in the amount of words allowed on facebook so I decided to start my own blog and write about things that mean so much to me. Yesterday was a very inspirational day for me... started out with the cemetery (no worries it is not what you are thinking). I was on my way to a real estate shindig in Bellingham when I pulled off the freeway to get a coffee from Starbucks and OF COURSE I missed the entrance and had to go further down the road which did not have a turn off for a bit. Now you know when a gal from Bellevue needs a coffee… she needs it NOW and being Aries, Spanish and ADHD I might be a little impatient and was not in the mood for waiting. Now I have learned in my life that when you are in a hurry things happen and sometimes they are not good. I had to wait for a long light, a school bus that had to stop for the train tracks, and finally made the light. It did not end there… I had to turn around on that road so I did an illegal move ( u-turn ) hoping that the cops were still at Starbucks getting coffee. No offense… I love you guys! ALL OF THE SUDDEN my A.D.D eyes spotted a pink object to the left in the cemetery. I had to investigate! Of course I missed the cemetery entrance so I did another illegal u-turn. I entered the cemetery on a road that looked like a sidewalk. This resting place is in Marysville Washington. As I got closer to the PINK object I realized it was a BEAUTIFUL tree with tons of flowers on it It was the most beautiful tree I have ever seen… and VERY MUCH ALIVE. The tree beckoned me to stop and visit. Even though my passenger was in a hurry... I stopped to "smell the roses" which happened to be a flowering tree in the middle of the cemetery. There is joy in the most simple things just remember that the simple things are lasting and real.


Now many people would think that I am a nut and that is ok I do what my intuition tells me to do even if it makes me look odd because I may never travel down that same road again. I walk to the beat of a different drummer and am proud (derived from the writings of the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, who wrote:"If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau )

I am happy with who I am.
I will never forget the happiness the pink tree brought me. It started my day with such a great feeling of freedom to do what I want and a great amount of inspiration. Remember to pull over and notice the special things that others might just drive on by. There is so much life and love in the cemetery. Go to Marysville and visit the Pink tree of Life.

I want to thank the Alvestad Family for planting that tree for Emil K.Alvestad and Otelia A. Koehler. I don't know any of you but your love filled my heart on that day with life and love. Thank you from my heart to yours....... Nancy T. Ulrich