Fourteen years ago we took our daughters to Africa for the first time. We spent a month there on a sabbatical. One day we saw a woman walking down the road with a tree balanced on her head.
Yep, you read that right. A whole tree.
You see people balancing a lot of unusual things on their heads (or on their bikes) in Africa, but this was the first and last time we saw a tree. (apparently it’s not THAT rare cuz I was able to Google this picture!)
That night, our daughter, Maggie, walked into our room, carefully balancing a book on her head.
“I’m working up to a tree.” she said.
Since then, Maggie’s “tree” has been a dream of helping underprivileged girls and women around the world to be healthy and happy and to carry their own dreams. Continue reading
