Dear Editor,
I spent Easter Sunday with family and friends on the home place. Home is where my Grandparents raised four children,
where my father grew up and where, as youth, my siblings, cousins and I spent time traipsing through pastures exploring
things left behind by generations before us. Home is where the 'Big Tree' lives.
Some of you may be under the impression that my family does not believe in "green living". Wrong. We believe in
environmental responsibility. We believe in protecting nature in its' truest form. We believe in the "greater good" and we
believe in telling the truth. We also believe that you "don't mess with Texas." Lone Star Transmission is not acting in the
best interest of our environment. They are working for a profit that benefits only a select few. Neither you nor I are
included in that. If you question it, research it.
Ironically, LST's idea of going green involves uprooting a tree that has withstood hundreds of years of this environment
only to plant a concrete pole in its place (makes sense). To me the resolution is simple....GO AROUND THE TREE!
We all have something that is sacred to us, something that we cherish. Imagine that being taken from you and
destroyed. Not out of a quest for the "greater good" but out of greed.
I have a "best friend", Jackie (a Boxer/Lab mix). In her world she's about 119 years old. It saddens me to think that when
her time comes I will not be able to lay her to rest alongside our other beloved pets under the shelter of the 'Big
Tree'. She will have earned her spot.
Lately, I've been facing each day with a heavy heart. While confiding in a dear friend of mine he reminded me that
although the 'Big Tree' is a beautiful symbol of our heritage, he has no doubt that my family's love for one another and our
roots run deeper than those of our tree. He's right. In my family we stand up for one another, we fight for one another
and we show up for one another. I am asking you to show up for us as well. Our tree is the perfect representation of who
we are and we plan to fight for it.
I am proud to be from such a deep rooted community and although at different times in our lives we scatter, we all call the
same place home.
Please join us at our home place for "The Picnic Under the Big Tree" on Sunday. Directions will be on
savethebigtree.com or you can follow the signs on south 281.
Thank you!
Becky McMichael
Fort Worth, TX
beckylbr@yahoo.com
817-793-9412
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