Long ago my mom and dad traveled from Texas to move here to Phoenix, and my mom brought with her an indoor ficus tree that she had kept in their apartment. It survived the trip and followed our family through three moves until we settled in the house we are still in now.
We had a family friend living with us and he had a black lab puppy(Mozart) who all my friends know was later given to us. Anyways one day when we were all not home Mozart was in the backyard and my mom had put the ficus tree outside for some sun. Seeing it as an opportunity Mozart chewed through the base of the 7 foot tall tree then decided to play with it like a giant bone. When my parents got home Mozart was running from one said of the yard to the other with the tree in his mouth. My mom was not happy to say the least, so she grabbed the tree from Mozart.
My dad immediately called the man who was staying with us and told him before he came home that day it would be in his best interests to go to the store and buy my mom a ficus tree. So he returned home with a brand new tree for my mom. That new tree has been in our house for almost 10 years, until yesterday.....
We planted the tree in out backyard Saturday morning, but if you read my post last month about my black lab Mozart you know he sadly isn't with us anymore. Before we put the tree in the ground we put Mozart's ashes in the hole so that he will live on forever with that ficus tree.
R.I.P Mozart Picarro Houston
You will live forever now buddy.
Justin, this is such a sweet and moving story. Hearing it makes me love your family, and of course, Mozart especially :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Casey! I had forgotten about this story then my dad was telling my sister's fiance and I figured I would share it.
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