Oak Tree in an Acorn: Down the Rabbit Hole

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Down the Rabbit Hole

"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!"
Like the White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I always feel like I'm running late with this blog. Speaking of rabbits, it's been several weeks since Easter Sunday 2009, and I'm just getting these pictures up. It's still the liturgical season of Easter; does that help my case? ;) Included in the video are some pictures of our cute nieces, Elena and Gabby and cute nephew, Jonah on Easter Sunday. We had a fun family evening out at Corbin and Megan's (younger brother and sister-in-law's) new house in Georgetown. The kids loved running around in the big backyard and it was nice for the cousins to be together again. That is, until Genevieve started biting Olivia! Then, we knew it was time to get our sugar-overloaded Banister Bunnies back home and into their rabbit hole.

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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.