Gratitude Tree

Loisa Lagger, 19, left, hangs her message on Carol WilliamÕs Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. (DAN PELLE)
Carol Williams hunts for one special note concerning a grandmother fighting cancer that was hanging on her Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. (DAN PELLE)
Carol Williams grasps for notes that are hanging on her Tree of Gratitude (DAN PELLE)
Carol Williams views some of the nearly 200 notes hanging on her Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. (DAN PELLE)
Melanie Felgenhauer, 8, finds a note to read on Carol Williams' Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. (DAN PELLE)
Nearly 200 notes have been written and placed on the Gratitude Tree at 518 W. 28 Street in Spokane. (DAN PELLE)
Williams finds one special note concerning a grandmother fighting cancer that was hanging on her Tree of Gratitude (DAN PELLE)
Carol Williams hunts for one special note concerning a grandmother fighting cancer that was hanging on her Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. (DAN PELLE)
Melanie Felgenhauer, 8, displays the note she wrote for the Gratitude Tree in Carol WilliamsÕs front yard, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. Melanie says she wishes, in part, Òthat the virus wus dun.Ó (DAN PELLE)
Melanie Felgenhauer, 8, hangs her written message on Carol Williams’ Tree of Gratitude (DAN PELLE)
Joseph Felgenhauer and his daughter, Melanie, read a message placed on the Gratitude Tree and written by his wife and her mother, Laura Felgenhauer, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. The note thanked Carol Williams, the owner of the tree, for spreading joy in the community. (DAN PELLE)
Lena and Keith Martin, and dog Tugg, stroll past the Gratitude Tree, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Spokane. The pair had placed their gratitude notes on Carol WilliamsÕ tree another day. (DAN PELLE)
The Gratitude Tree created by Carol Williams offers passersby an chance to express their gratitude.