Although I have not been around these parts in years, I wanted to return to express my grief for the passing of Ann. Even though I had only a few exchanges with her regarding our poems, I always remember the deep kindness of her comment about mine in which I had expressed so much pain. I took her passing as a blow, remembering the kindness she showed. I know that like me she loved trees, but one tree of which she didn't know was the one that would grow in my memory from the seed of kindness she planted. Remembering too she referred to me a fellow tree hugger, today I hug that tree she planted within my memory.
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