Raccoon Theology: Sometimes it takes a long time
(World News USA)

It`s a funny thing. I always thought that when I “retired,” I`d move to the mountains and have a place where in the springtime the hill would be alive with dogwood blossoms and redbud trees, making a scene to inspire rejoicing. Then came the time — I thought I was retiring and bought that dream place, ready to be inspired by springtime. I planted several dogwood trees, the old-fashioned kind that bring forth their flowers before the leaves, not the Japanese dogwoods with the leaves first. I waited for a couple years, thinking it takes that long...