"The Lesson of Lightning Bugs"

“Lightning Bugs” by Steve Adams My friend’s son just graduated from kindergarten and saw me doing yard work. The next thing I heard was this little guy voice asking, “Mr. Steve, what are you doing?” I had to chuckle under my breath. I have been showing him how to identify Dogwood, Sassafras and Hickory trees and, as he wandered over, I took a leaf and asked him what tree that was from. Questioningly, his reply was, “Dogwood??” Then, in typical little boy character, he was running off to catch...