Esperanza and Rose

Esperanza came first.
A small Italian stone pine from Safeway.
It came from an warehouse and ended up at the store.
The tree was scared.
It remembered being surrounded by trees like itself.
Then it sat in the store while people milled by.
It came in a pot too small for it’s roots, so I planted it in bigger pot with lots of soil.
I explained it’s a tradition for human beings to decorate trees at Christmastime.

Then came Rose the rosemary plant shaped like a tiny Christmas tree.
I introduced them and told them they could keep each other company.
Rose was to be the temporary friend of Esperanza.
Esperanza you are the hope I don’t dare to believe in and Rose the only friend to that hope.
They sit side by side: Esperanza and Rose.
Esperanza with lights and ornaments.
Rose with a single pink crochet flower wrapped around the top.

Esperanza and Rose

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