A Place to Return to

Even back in the 90s, the Arboretum was where I went when things got hard during college. Back then, it was school, roommate, or boyfriend stress. So when I had to do the hardest thing I’d ever done in February 2021 (tell my mom I had ovarian cancer), of course I drove straight from the doctor to the Arboretum to make the phone call. Through that year of treatments, I would often go to get outside. Before long, all I could do was walk from the car to a bench and then sit and watch, including the day of this pic from Mother’s Day 2021.