Arbor Day! Environment Month 2021

My grandmother recited Thiruppavai verses while planting saplings, her weathered hands teaching me ancient Tamil wisdom. She believed in earning tomorrow's blessings today, much like Avvaiyar's teachings about patience and growth. This Arbor Day, I remembered her lessons while tending our garden. Each seedling represented investment in something greater than myself. My daughter joked about crypto fortunes, but I explained real wealth grows slowly, rooted deep. We planted thirty trees together, connecting past and future. Under cooling branches, I whispered prayers Grandmother once taught me, grateful for heritage that binds us all.