What it meant to plant something you would have to wait for.
What it said about believing in the future.
About believing you would be there in it.
I have spent six months being very still on the outside.
I have spent six months not knowing if the wait would be worth it.
I am still not entirely certain.
But Mrs. Wilkes planted a plum tree.
And the tree was still there.
And the fruit was good.
I went back inside.
I found my laptop.
I looked up how to plant a plum tree.
I looked up what kind of soil it needed.
What kind of light.
How long until it gave fruit.
I looked up the nursery on the county road that was open on weekdays.
I wrote down the hours.
Tomorrow I was off shift.
Tomorrow I would go.
I would buy the tree.
I would come home.
