The vision of The Bee Tree came to life when Margaret was sitting in front of her kitchen window and saw bees working on the Pear tree that stood outside. To her it was fascinating watching the bees busily collecting the nectar that flowed out of the Pears that were overripe and fell to the ground. Once they had been blossoms that the bees pollenated to become the pears that some were picked to get canned and some were made into pear butter. Some, to be eaten fresh. Margaret thought and visualized the families that would be intertwined by the Pear tree that was to become their stories in her book called The Bee Tree and how it was the connection and representing the Tree of their lives. and becoming a planting ground for a story that would some day be shared with not only her own fami1ly, but shared with the World.

Margaret was born as Margaret Ann Wicklund on November 17, 1925. She was born at home and was very small. She slept in a drawer with a hot water bottle that was covered to keep her warm. Even though she was small she had a fighting Spirit within her that kept her alive and thriving. She was the second girl to be born to Gust and Alvina Wicklund. She had three sisters and three brothers. She later became a Mother, Aunt and a Grandmother. She married Curtis Allen Wiese after he got home from World War II. They had four children, two boy's and two girls. She is now in Heaven with her first love Jesus, since June of 1985. Margaret's biggest Achievement was leaving her family a Legacy of her written words that she tried during her lifetime to get Published. She was not able to achieve that in life, but it is being done now after she has gone on to Heaven. Making her Dreams come true.