Last year, Clint had the idea of of planting a tree in memory of Sarah. I thought that we could scatter her ashes in the roots so that the tree would literally be growing from her remains.
Once we got back to Texas, we immediately started preparations for the gathering of all of the guests.
The house had to be cleaned, meals prepared, and I had to dig out one particularly stubborn stump.
I had been promising Laura that we could get a cat when we got back from our summer travels. When we got back, we went to the local humane society and adopted "Frank Sinatra".
Who was renamed "Norbert"
Saturday when everyone began arriving, I saw many of Sarah's family that were able to come along with many of her friends. We all enjoyed visiting and remembering Sarah. Unfortunately, Sarah's younger brother couldn't get off of work to attend but we understood that his priorities were correct.
I had ordered two cherry trees to plant in her memory, but they didn't arrive until the literal last minute. We scattered her ashes in the holes that were dug, and planted the trees on top.
Afterwards, we shared some cupcakes and ice cream and looked through scrapbooks of Sarah's time in college. Once everyone headed home, the fatigue hit me hard and I spent the rest of the weekend just resting while watering the trees growing in Sarah's physical remains.
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