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Friendships give strength to partnership The New Nation
Linda Bloom, L.C.S.W., and Charlie Bloom, M.S.W. :
Linda: I live in Northern California where we can frequently see the ancient redwood and Sequoias, which are the largest and tallest trees in the world. They grow to a height of more than 250 feet tall and up to 30 feet in diameter. As tall as they are, you would probably expect them to have a deep root system, but they don t. Surprisingly they have a shallow root system. Nevertheless, they cannot be blown over by the strongest wind. The secret of their stability is the interweaving of each tree s roots with those that stand by it. This vast network of support is formed just beneath the surface. In the wildest of storms, these trees hold each other up.