Comments on: The oak tree http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/ Writerly dude Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:42:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amy Bennett http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4743 Amy Bennett Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:08:00 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4743 I love trees and think about their history. It always saddens me when I see an old tree being cut down or one that has been damaged.<br />Great story and great post. I love trees and think about their history. It always saddens me when I see an old tree being cut down or one that has been damaged.
Great story and great post.

]]> By: ~*Michelle*~ http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4716 ~*Michelle*~ Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:54:24 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4716 WOW...this was awesome. Trees have always symbolized so much in my life, ....I made a "tree of handprints" of our family painted on a big canvas on our wall...Josh and I's handprints are the roots....the kids' are the leaves on the branches (always with room for more "leaves")....I am putting the finishing touches on my newest tattoo design which is a tree planted by a river (THE River)....so yeah....I dig trees!<br /><br />I love what this tree symbolizes in the lives of so many....<br /><br />wow...I am sure you have read "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein? I buy 3 and 4 copies at a time....it is what I give to all my friends who have their first child.<br /><br />anyway....thanks for sharing this beautiful story. WOW…this was awesome. Trees have always symbolized so much in my life, ….I made a "tree of handprints" of our family painted on a big canvas on our wall…Josh and I's handprints are the roots….the kids' are the leaves on the branches (always with room for more "leaves")….I am putting the finishing touches on my newest tattoo design which is a tree planted by a river (THE River)….so yeah….I dig trees!

I love what this tree symbolizes in the lives of so many….

wow…I am sure you have read "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein? I buy 3 and 4 copies at a time….it is what I give to all my friends who have their first child.

anyway….thanks for sharing this beautiful story.

]]> By: Angie Vik http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4708 Angie Vik Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:45:29 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4708 The planting a tree part reminds me of a kids book by Tony Johnston called Yonder. I can't get through that book without crying. This is the Amazon link. http://www.amazon.com/Yonder-Tony-Johnston/dp/1586851802/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253936560&sr=1-1 The planting a tree part reminds me of a kids book by Tony Johnston called Yonder. I can't get through that book without crying. This is the Amazon link. http://www.amazon.com/Yonder-Tony-Johnston/dp/1586851802/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253936560&sr=1-1

]]> By: Tara http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4703 Tara Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:08:08 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4703 Hi, I popped over from Katie's blog. I love trees, and think I'd like to have this type of tree in my family history. Thanks for the post; I'm looking forward to following your blog. Hi, I popped over from Katie's blog. I love trees, and think I'd like to have this type of tree in my family history. Thanks for the post; I'm looking forward to following your blog.

]]> By: Heather Sunseri http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4702 Heather Sunseri Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:21:35 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4702 I'm blessed with many unselfish people in my life. I can only aspire to be more more like them. Beautiful post, Billy! I'm blessed with many unselfish people in my life. I can only aspire to be more more like them. Beautiful post, Billy!

]]> By: Jeannie Campbell, LMFT http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 Jeannie Campbell, LMFT Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:31:22 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4701 beautiful post. thought-provoking and inspiring.<br /><br />thanks,<br />jeannie<br /><a href="http://charactertherapist.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Character Therapist</a> beautiful post. thought-provoking and inspiring.

thanks,
jeannie
The Character Therapist

]]> By: Joyce http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4700 Joyce Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:49:29 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4700 I love this post. <br /><br />I think raising children can be alot like that tree...we plant seeds all the time. With our words and with our actions and with our very presence in their lives. What we say and do now, in this day, will extend into future generations, to people we will never know. Love is a powerful thing. I love this post.

I think raising children can be alot like that tree…we plant seeds all the time. With our words and with our actions and with our very presence in their lives. What we say and do now, in this day, will extend into future generations, to people we will never know. Love is a powerful thing.

]]> By: Eileen Astels Watson http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4699 Eileen Astels Watson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:26:54 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4699 This is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to reading more of What You Learned Today. This is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to reading more of What You Learned Today.

]]> By: Daveda http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4698 Daveda Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:09:27 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4698 I love this. I hope that the 'trees" I plant in this life will live on for generations to come as well. <br /><br />What a wonderful post, Billy. Thank you. I love this. I hope that the 'trees" I plant in this life will live on for generations to come as well.

What a wonderful post, Billy. Thank you.

]]> By: Liz http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-4697 Liz Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:28:57 +0000 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/09/the-oak-tree/#comment-4697 Great post. Thought provoking. And I would be friends with him too, if I could, for the tree! It is great. Great post. Thought provoking. And I would be friends with him too, if I could, for the tree! It is great.

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