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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our elderly (and crotchety yet talkative) neighbor had a large (and dying) tree in their backyard, close to the fence line. Branches would hang over our property, often dropping branches or touch our car when under the weight of rain, so we would trim what hung over our property only. She would always have an absolute fit when we would do this, would tell us we were killing her tree, and she loved that tree.

One year she started paying a professional annually to trim (and trim and trim) the whole tree. And not to be kind, but because we were “probably killing her tree”.

One day she came out to tell me it was going to be cut down, to let me know they may have to access our driveway to trim and clean up. Then she went on to tell me she was sad, explaining me she had pushed her children, and then her grandchildren, in a swing hung from the lowest branch. They had played under its shade. The tree was full of memories. She loved that tree.

They came and cut down the tree and cleaned up well, but oddly enough, left a perfect circular “slice” of the tree propped up on our side of the fence. My husband took a little sander to it and cleaned it up so it was smooth, and I brought it over to her, telling her I thought maybe she’d like to keep the slice of tree, since it held so many memories.

“I don’t want that! I hated that damn tree!”[/quote]

Winner!![/quote]

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