Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation. This is Forest Stories.
I'm the Poet in the Forest, a children's series that I pinned out
in the nineteen nineties. Now, none of it would be possible if it
wasn't for this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina. I talk
about it so much that I thought maybe it's time that you get to know
what has inspired me for thirty years. Thanks for being a part of the
conversation. Welcome back to the forest. I'm presently on Heartbreak Hill. We've
talked about this hill so many times, how steep it is, how skateboarders
from around the Carolina has come here to film themselves doing all different types of
tricks speeding down. I mean they've got their gear on, their head gear,
elbow pads, and need pads. As I walk up the hill today,
Heartbreak Hill, something just kind of clouded my heart and I thought,
I haven't thought about this until now, as I struggle for a little bit
of air to come up this hill I've been up at a million times.
Will there ever be a day when I no longer can climb Heartbreak Hill?
I remember when Ron would take his dogs out for a nice long walk,
and Heartbreak Hill was his place where he could exercise his heart. Ron would
say, Yeah, I gotta go up the hill. I gotta keep this
heart moving. I want to live a little bit longer than what I think
I should be, but I'm gonna go up Heartbreak Hill. And then one
day I saw Ron in the car with his dogs and I said, Ron,
what's going on. Yeah, I can't do it anymore. I can't
go up Heartbreak Hill. It just takes too much out of me. And
so I had that thought today going up Heartbreak Hill, struggling for some are,
I wondered, is it almost here? That final walk, that final
dance up heart Break Hill? Not to be a Tabbie downer. It's the
truth of this forest. And I want to thank you for being a part
of a conversation.