Winged Messenger

I got a Winged Messenger from Susanna Gordon to place somewhere in the park near my home. It was the week of wind and rain, so I waited until it calmed down and wandered around the park looking for a suitable spot. As I reached the children’s play area, I saw a plaque under a tree and remembered that trees were planted around the park in memory of people who had died. In fact, I knew one of them: David Wilkinson, a former colleague, young and vibrant, whose death I discovered only when I stumbled on the tree planted in his memory.

As it turned out, the first tree next to the children’s area, a mere few feet away, was David's tree. So I hung the Winged Messenger for both the children and David. It felt so very, very right.