He is a Falling Leaf

Colton and I <3

          It is impossible to count how many leaves fall off of a tree each year.  Why do leaves fall off trees? When the weather starts to change and gets cooler, those changes trigger a hormone in leaf- dropping trees that sends a chemical message to every leaf saying, "Time to get out of here!"  Once the message is received, little cells appear at the place where the leaf stem meets the branch.  They are called "abscission" cells. These cells are designed like scissors to make a cut. Within a few days or weeks every leaf on these trees develop a thin bumpy line of cells that push the leaf, bit by bit, away from the stem.  Finally breeze comes along and finishes the job.  Trees have an option to keep their leaves or not.  If trees decide to keep their leaves then they will die and once spring comes again, the tree will soon die also.   This is why every fall, leaves fall from trees.  

          It is almost impossible to record how much service is going on in the world.  But we do have recorded that there are over 55,000 full-time LDS missionaries and over 22,000 part-time church-service missionaries worldwide in 2011!  My boyfriend (who I have been dating for almost two years) is going to be one more missionary out in the field!  Just like a leaf falling from a tree, Colton (my boyfriend) decided to "cut" himself off from the world to serve for two years.  He has decided to leave the tree so that it doesn't die.  By doing this, he will better lives of many, including his own.  This is why worthy young men serve a mission when they are 18 for two years. 

      I know that I am not the only girl out there with a boyfriend leaving on a mission or even a close friend who is leaving.  I decided that I want to blog about how I overcome these next two years.