No Reply - Husbands' Response

That summer and fall there were an inordinate number of trees and orchards taken out. Couples walked down the streets of town holding hands and the husbands had smiles of contentment and love on their faces. I spent a weekend at Janice Burrows place taking out those trees I had planted all those years ago. Her grandson Jeff was there to help. She said she hadn't honored Jeff in life, but she "damn sure would honor him in death."

There were a few couples who didn't have their trees taken out. Some of them are now in the midst of divorces. It seems the husbands saw how their friends' and family's wives were honoring them and realized their wives treasured the memories of their trysts more than them.

The most notable divorce was my cousin. It seems his wife was having regular visits from her 23 year old 'student'. It was a bitter divorce. My cousin's wife tried to claim that he was abusing her. He had the house wired for video. It caught her throwing dishes at him and belittling him. It also caught her and her lover on tape. She left the county, shamed and humiliated. My cousin put a beating on the young man one night at the local tavern. No one there stepped in to help the boy. With the help of all our family, my cousin is recovering his self esteem. My dad and I worked along side him when he removed the trees.

Several people, followed the example of my mom and dad and planted evergreens in their yard as an example of their undying love. I found myself wishing I had kept my house so we could plant one. Debbie remedied that the next weekend. While Dad and I were watching a baseball game Debbie and Mom went outside and planted a tree for the two of us. "Come outside, Bill," she said. She showed me our tree. We had a bench made and placed between the trees. It had "Dedicated to the everlasting love between husbands and wives and between fathers, mothers and their children." inscribed on it.

And a new family tradition was born.

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