Bonds that Tie

Of all the creative non-fiction stories we had a chance to choose from, I really liked Dutch Elm by Elizabeth Jarret Andrew. Dutch Elm wasn't just a simple story about a sick tree and a community sad to see it go, it was a story about the invisible bonds that tie and bring people close together. Andrew's story spoke about the human beings and relationships and just how fragile both things are. She also implied that it's not just others but, the self as well who is breakable and how sometimes we find strength from those that surround us and how we are sometimes reminded, through the cutting down of the elm tree, that even the things that appear to be permanent are not.