Chinese Elm Bonsai Trees – A wonderful Housewarming Gift Idea
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011One of the most wonderful presents I ever received was a housewarming gift of a chinese elm bonsai tree given to me by my sis. My husband and I had just transferred into our newly reconstructed dwelling that had burned a few months before. So many of our possessions had burned in the house fire and was going to take time to reaccumulate the items lost. Our house was bare, and the bareness felt as though it were pressing down on me. I was glad that insurance had paid for the rebuilding of our house, but still we had lost so many things that couldn’t be replaces, as well as individuals that could, in time be changed, just not all at once. Thus, our walls were bare, the house was sparsely furnished and our voices echoed in the emptiness. I became quite depressed. One day, as though she sensed the need for some housewarming gift ideas, my sibling knocked on the door. I opened it and saw in her fingers a beautiful little bonsai tree, something I had wanted for quite some time. The unique bonsai tree was a Chinese elm. I immediate fell in love with it and wanted nothing more than to learn how to care for it. I went to the library and checked out books on caring and cultivating the little tree. I had heard that the bonsai tree reflected the well being of its owner; however, I didn’t truly believe it–that is, until I noticed the tree looking a bit little puny and myself feeling unwell too. I remembered what I had heard but dismissed the idea as mere coincidence. Soon the tree was looking quite sick, and I found myself in the medical center with pneumonia. Once, when my husband came to visit, I asked about the tree. “I haven’t thrown it out yet, but I should have,” he declared,” I hate to say it, but it is just about dead.” After a fit of coughing, I told him to take care of the tree, not to throw it out. He did as I asked and we both became better and soon I came home to a beautiful indoor bonsai tree.
