{"id":1619,"date":"2017-03-22T16:32:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2020-04-12T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:08:12","slug":"my-boy-and-his-placenta-tree-turn-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/my-boy-and-his-placenta-tree-turn-three\/","title":{"rendered":"My boy and his placenta tree turn three"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kids grow fast, as do avocado trees — especially when planted over a power-packed placenta. Oddly, prior to looking through the retrospective below, I had felt rushed for both of them to hit some developmental marks even faster.<\/p>\n

As of today, Cass can legibly write most of the letters in his name, but he continues to do this curious thing where he writes his c’s backwards.<\/p>\n

And as for his Fuerte avocado tree, my aim has been\u00a0that it produces fruit for Cass to eat and that it develops a broad branching structure for him to climb. The tree\u00a0is healthy, but it has yet to produce fruit, and it’s not yet big enough for Cass to climb.<\/p>\n

Alas, sometimes you get focused on goals, on achieving results, but miss the wonders of the process along the way.<\/p>\n

\"Cass<\/a>

Just planted and just born, 2014.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cass<\/a>

One year old, 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cass<\/a>

Two years old, 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cass<\/a>

Three years old, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m determined to enjoy processes more. We’re not promised another day on this Earth. The process is really all we have.<\/p>\n

You might also like to read:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Cass and his Fuerte turn two.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“Cass and the placenta tree turn one.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“Miles’s placenta tree.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“Planting Reeve’s placenta tree.”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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