Dear Joshua--A gift for the desert tree.

Dear Joshua,

I often imagine you in the desert and wonder. I often imagine the heat and the sand. I often imagine the space.

Do not loose hope Joshua. The weather is strong, but the strongest weather produces the strongest trees. I know you feel your shepherd has abandoned you, but he has not. He will come to you in time and bring you to the oasis. He will guide you through the desert and you will drink from streams of cool water. He will take you to the water hole the humans cannot know and he will give you rest.

I am enclosing a gift. It will give you the life forgotten by the desert sun and the strength to carry on.

Love,

Your Friend the Birch Tree