The Upright Cedar and The Sapling

I present to you Exhibit A:[image1]A photo taken the last week of summer, 2014.I originally took this photo trying to document my rodent-friend and short-term neighbor, who turned out to be a rather
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Barrie:
I love animals and wont flush them, but idk what to do i let the male into the wild this morning while tears ran down my face...
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
The pet stores and friends wont take them, and I woke up this morning to realize she had a second litter.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
Then the cherry on top-- I had 3 male mice, but one turned out to be a female... She had 8 babies.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
And my aforementioned best friend has been mad at me because of this whole thing.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
No matter how many drinks I chase it doesn't help so I've kinda stopped cause I feel numb.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
He got deployed this week and although I apologized and said i would be better he just broke up with me over text.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
So this boy in the Army that I had been dating for a little under three months (we got serious really fast) and i recently got into another disagreement, but it was my best friend that helped it happen since she gave crappy advice.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
But I have one best friend and one just friend.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
My mom is a hermit and doesn't associate with me, so sometimes it feels i am living alone.
(25 May 2017)

Barrie:
After that I was so depressed that all i ever did was sit at home wanting to die, especially because it seemed like I had no life (I had just lost my job and I hadn't started any school). Fast forward and I'm living with my mom cause she's concerned.
(25 May 2017)