Trees DO grow in Brooklyn!

--by lmil1954, posted Mar 25, 2008

Almost forty years ago, back on 12th Street between 8th Ave and Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, a group of people decided to hold a block party. The money raised was for planting trees on each side of the street.

And so we planted some trees. The trees were so small, they were almost comical! Still, they meant a lot to a small group of teenagers who lived on the block. Teenagers like me.

Fast forward some years, and the last time I went back to Brooklyn, I actually saw those little saplings turn into beautiful, full grown, majestic trees!

I looked up to the sky and thanked God for such a creation, for giving life to such a small seed planted in the hearts of a few people so many years ago!

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Posted by lmil1954
Mar 25, 2008
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Readers Comments

JuneBug wrote: Your story is so cool! I could see the trees....God is amazing, isn't He?

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: It is great when you can see how the smallest thing you planted has grown. Thanks for sharing!

brighteyes wrote: Thanks for your "GREEN" Kindness to the earth and to us all....I LOVE TREES and they are important to the health of the planet!

bibirose wrote: A mustard seed ever so small but what an amazing tree it becomes. Every word, every action is a seed sown.
Keep on shining for Jesus...shalom from Bibirose.

lovebug wrote: Do you want to know how long it took me to find out how to spell sequoia? It did take me some time because I do not spell very well. But that is how I see you. I did get to see them growing in a forrest in california, once was enough for me to remember how magnificent they were.God Bless

warmth wrote: You all planted them with love. ANd all these years they have shared that love in the form of their shade, etc.

W O W for all of you.

:)

mitu915 wrote: that's beautiful. I actually heard that trees and small patches of garden can help heal cities that have been overdeveloped and congested with too much pollution and consumption! good job! :)

WENDY wrote: little is much when God is in it!

sabrina wrote: I wish the teenagers now wud realise the importance and wud do the same.Esp with all the green peace movt,it wud be great.You wud be smiling seeing or thinking of those trees,hmmmmm.

akbj wrote: People who live there now are enjoying the fruit of what you did. Little seeds turned into trees that have had an impact in a big way to a lot of people. Most of us don't think of the beginnings of the trees that we see everyday, this story is a good reminder of small beginnings growing into stately reality.

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