I always believed some things in life were untouchable, especially the ones rooted in family and time. I just never expected to come home and find out how wrong I was.
I, Samantha, grew up believing that the 200-year-old tree would outlive all of us.
My great-great-grandfather, Simon, planted that giant sequoia in our yard not long after he came to America. According to family stories, he didn't have much, just a small patch of land and a stubborn belief that if he put something down deep enough, it would last.
That tree became proof of that.
