Melinche tree

There is a tree here in Managua that is called Melinche tree. It is said to represent marriage. The tree is tall with lovely vibrant red flowers that cover it and create shade and beauty. However, in other seasons, the tree has it long striking branches with ugly dark pods hanging from it. The roots are deep and large and can overturn the earth it is buried in. The trunk is strong and holds firm throughout all seasons and grows and grows. Marriage has its happy, lovey-dovey, beautiful, flowery times as well as its challenging, difficult, and ugly dark times. The roots of marriage are love that is so strong that it can turn the world upside-down. Love grows to be strong as the trunk and a firm relationship that lives through the good times and the bad times and stands tall. Love never fails.

Love,

Ayla Landry


" A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendships, all the enjoyment of the sense and reason -and indeed all the sweets of life." ~ Joseph Addison