Oak Tree in an Acorn: DinoLand Exhibit

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

DinoLand Exhibit

We spent Sunday morning at the DinoLand Exhbit at Austin's Zilker Botanical Garden. Olivia was never "dinosaur-crazy" like some kids her age set and younger are, but she does know a few of their names and has a couple of plastic toy dinosaurs that she plays with on occaision.

Eve likes to run around the house wearing a dinosaur costume I picked up at GoodWill several years ago, and she can say "I-NO-saur" (her favorite word, "No" is in there!), so both girls are somewhat interested in dinosaurs. Of course, the park is outdoors, so naturally, THAT held their interest too.

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Why the title, "Oak Tree in an Acorn"?

Well, really it's all about perspective when raising the girls. It helps me to think about the grand scheme of parenting and remember that what we do now affects how our little acorns will grow. Like an oak tree, we want them to be strong in their words and deeds, be able to withstand life's storms, set and reach their goals, and be people that others can lean on and trust.

We have an oak tree planted in our yard that came from an acorn my dad planted in a pot. This acorn came from a huge oak tree that was planted in the backyard of my dad's childhood home. My dad's father also planted this tree from an acorn he found on his hunting lease in the early 1960's. Our tree is thus a family heirloom, a "family tree".

It was the year of Olivia's birth when we planted our little sapling. It looked so very sad that winter with no leaves; it was, basically, like a stick rooted in the ground. Five years later, though, it stands 9 feet tall, and we continue to nurture it and watch it grow. We hope one year it will produce acorns of its own, and we can continue to pass on this family heirloom. We hope to remember it's example of how each acorn has the potential to be an oak tree, and how our acorns, Olivia and Genevieve, will one day, with help from God, become mighty oak trees themselves.