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THE rains have come, the blooms of the narra and the flame trees now fall to the ground, which has turned green with revived grass. In my garden, a small miracle has appeared: the little tree sapling that I brought from a Manila Golf tree, which we termed a cherry tree because of its cherry-like blooms of small pink flowers after shedding all its leaves, has burst into complete bloom. It took almost 15 years. First, it grew tall and branched out. Then it would shed its leaves once a year and be naked and leafless. Then it should have bloomed, but for years it did not. It would just get back its leaves. It was frustrating because my friend who had taken the same kind of sapling from the same tree would have a tree in bloom yearly. She would send me a photo and cause a fit of envy from me. Well, this year, during this very hot summer with everything turning brown, leaves falling in huge quantities, I passed by the tree which was then in its totally leafless state and decided to say something like, “Isn’t it about time you bloomed?” It is hard to say that it listened, but not today. I woke up this morning to see a galaxy of small pink flowers standing out against the other trees, over the green grass and against the blue sky. It listened and bloomed. A miracle of nature.