March 27
2025:
They danced together, then apart.
Early courtship.
2026:
None of us knew what was coming — the next day, the ice storm started. By the time it was done, three days later, thousands of homes were without power for days. The final costs would rise to well over $25,000,000.
In place of robin song, the sounds of trees crackling under the weight of ice echoed everywhere.
This tree didn’t make it.