Quote From: ritehereBrenda, why a pine tree? True, pine trees can take root in clefts of boulders and eventally break them, but pine trees also bend in the wind, in order not to break themselves.
However, that is the term SHE used to define her position as we were talking. Further, she used that term to alert me that she had NO intention of ‘bending in the wind’ about the doors.
I’m thinking that she confused a Petrified Pine with the garden variety evergreen, tall, and capable of bending kind of Pine tree.
So, I’m still trying to negotiate safety for her and freedom for me. Thus, far she has DISMISSED every single alternative, option or suggestion I have posed.
See, the issue for me is NOT going out on the porch every night, it’s about knowing that I have the freedom and the choice to do that without having to do battle in my own home, just to move when I choose to.
Brenda
