Liz Drilias was about 3 years old when she came home with a small palm plant from Sunday school at St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Wauwatosa. That day, like today, was Palm Sunday. Though her memory of this event is fuzzy, Liz has been told the plant was in a foam coffee cup of dirt.
“I really remember after it was split into four plants and they were around 2 feet tall. I later went to Sunday school at St. Bernard’s, so I’m not sure if any of the other kids at St. Jude still have their plants,” said Liz, who is now Liz Elgar, 30 years old, married with a baby and living in Middleton.