Strong and deep roots do not occur on their own. These trees have overcome the inclemency of weather: sun, water, hurricanes, wind, heat, cold, plagues and the abuses of man. Today they stand tall and strong. They made it through it all. It’s also amazing to see how even though each branch takes a different direction, they come from the same root, the same trunk. They survived together; they needed each other to become what they are today. Some are robust and some are twisted; but today, after hundreds of years, they are proudly pointing to the skies, lifting their hands… praising the creator… Don’t give up.