Money Chain

My parents’ repeated refrain - “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” In my dreams, a lush tree grew with leaves of high numbers, nothing under a twenty. On our 25th Anniversary, our church threw a surprise party. After the pot-luck dinner, a gaily wrapped gift box sported a top slit, waving a bit of green. As we pulled, a chain of bills roped up through the slot, coiling ribbons of green. I had seen “Money Trees” as special occasion gifts, but for the one and only time, we experienced the gift of “Money in a Box.”