Beth: I really enjoyed reading your piece. You described the tree and in corolation described yourself. The only suggestion is in the beginning you begin by talking about life and then you start to go into depth about how the tree depicts life, then your topic changes to how the tree compares to your life. It's just a little hard to understand what message you really want to get across. I liked the part where you talk about the branches and at the beginning they look less complex but at the top they are confusing and very complex, I like your take on that aspect of the tree and people's lives.