A few years ago, my lawn care guy cut some roots of the maple tree in the middle of my backyard. Rather quickly, it began to die. I gave it some time to renew itself, but it was gone. I had the lawn care guy cut it down. I debated what to do, and decided I liked the wooden circular seating I had designed for around the tree, and didn’t want to lose it, so the question became what to put in the vacant area.
Fortunately, I had told the guy to not cut the stump until I decided what to do. I happened to be at the Catholic bookstore (Our Lady of Grace in Ann Arbor) and they had a selection of statues which were well done. I purchased the above statue of Mary, and went to a nursery where I found a stone slab (a nice tinge of blue color also!) which I purchased and used for the statue’s base, on top of the stump. This is what I now see looking outside my kitchen window into the yard.
I had a small container of holy water from Fatima, which I used to bless the statue. I’d like to think that now Mary watches over me and my home.
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