Plant a tree in Nelson's (or Areba's) name.
I may just give myself a half-credit on this one, as I'd love to physically plant trees at some point this year. But oh well. For my friend's 32nd birthday I researched and found a great organization to donate some money to. You donate money, they plant trees to rebuild forests that have been somehow devastated; whether by man or by nature. It's winter in the Midwest, so planting trees myself, not gonna happen. But when I found this organization who could plant 25 trees with a donation, I jumped on it!
Nelson is the name of my friend's side-kick, a pug. Nelson was just a smiley happy little guy who lived only 6 short years. Saying goodbye to him was the hardest thing my friend had ever done. I thought what better gift could I give, or buy, than the gift of planting trees in his memory? So that's what I did. And then two days later I realized that we had it as a "thing"!Opening up the certificate that I'd framed (myself) for her made her cry right away, and I wasn't expecting it to make ME cry too! What the heck? It was so great being able to bless her like that, and being able to remember a little guy who wasn't just someones pet, he was family, and will be forever loved and missed.
