Where the elm tree used to be

There is some sort of tree or bush growing where the elm tree used to stand. It started growing there last year after the elm tree blew down. It grew into a bush and then it died off. Now this spring I noticed another bush growing where the elm tree used to be.

I don't know what type of a bush it is, I don't think it's an off shot of the elm tree roots which are still there. It's growing again this year, the leave appear to be elm leaves. However I am not an expert when it comes to identifying leaves. The only leaves I can identify are those that are unusual or stand out in some way.

I think there could be a story in this experience with the elm and the plant that's growing by the elm's roots. Nature is wonderful and mysterious at the same time. We're having a drought here in the La Vegas area. We haven't received a lot of rain this year. Yet there is a bush with leaves growing beside the dead trunk of and elm tree. There has to be some sort of lesson to learn. Maybe it is just that life survives no matter what the odds against it at any specific time. Life will find a way.

The same thing is true for human beings as well. Humans are survivors; humans will survive no matter what the odds against the human race. Humanity will survive even its own stupidity. We will get through this present crisis and on the other side of it, we will be united as a single species. Together humanity will survive, but we need each other to do that. Even as the bush in my yard seems to need, the elm trees roots and trunk for its survival.