RED ROSE

>> > > RED ROSES WERE HER FAVORITES, HER NAME WAS ALSO ROSE.
>> > > AND EVERY YEAR HER HUSBAND SENT THEM, TIED WITH PRETTY BOWS.
>> > > THE YEAR HE DIED, THE ROSES WERE DELIVERED TO HER DOOR.
>> > > THE CARD SAID, "BE MY VALENTINE", LIKE ALL THE YEARS BEFORE.
>> > >
>> > > EACH YEAR HE SENT HER ROSES, AND THE NOTE WOULD ALWAYS SAY,
>> > > "I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE THIS YEAR, THAN LAST YEAR ON THIS DAY.
>> > > MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL ALWAYS GROW, WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR."
>> > > SHE KNEW THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE ROSES WOULD APPEAR.
>> > >
>> > > SHE THOUGHT, HE ORDERED ROSES IN ADVANCE BEFORE THIS DAY.
>> > > HER LOVING HUSBAND DID NOT KNOW, THAT HE WOULD PASS AWAY.
>> > > HE ALWAYS LIKED TO DO THINGS EARLY, WAY BEFORE THE TIME.
>> > > THEN, IF HE GOT TOO BUSY, EVERYTHING WOULD WORK OUT FINE.
>> > >
>> > > SHE TRIMMED THE STEMS, AND PLACED THEM IN A VERY SPECIAL VASE.
>> > > THEN, SAT THE VASE BESIDE THE PORTRAIT OF HIS SMILING FACE.
>> > > SHE WOULD SIT FOR HOURS, IN HER HUSBAND'S FAVORITE CHAIR.
>> > > WHILE STARING AT HIS PICTURE, AND THE ROSES SITTING THERE.
>> > >
>> > > A YEAR WENT BY, AND IT WAS HARD TO LIVE WITHOUT HER MATE.
>> > > WITH LONELINESS AND SOLITUDE, THAT HAD BECOME HER FATE.
>> > > THEN, THE VERY HOUR, AS ON VALENTINES BEFORE,
>> > > THE DOORBELL RANG, AND THERE WERE ROSES, SITTING BY HER DOOR.
>> > >
>> > > SHE BROUGHT THE ROSES IN, AND THEN JUST LOOKED AT THEM IN SHOCK.
>> > > THEN, WENT TO GET THE TELEPHONE, TO CALL THE FLORIST SHOP.
>> > > THE OWNER ANSWERED, AND SHE ASKED HIM, IF HE WOULD EXPLAIN,
>> > > WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS TO HER, CAUSING HER SUCH PAIN?
>> > >
>> > > "I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, MORE THAN A YEAR AGO,"
>> > > THE OWNER SAID, "I KNEW YOU'D CALL, AND YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW.
>> > > THE FLOWERS YOU RECEIVED TODAY, WERE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE.
>> > > YOUR HUSBAND ALWAYS PLANNED AHEAD, HE LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE.
>> > >
>> > > THERE IS A STANDING ORDER, THAT I HAVE ON FILE DOWN HERE,
>> > > AND HE HAS PAID, WELL IN ADVANCE, YOU'LL GET THEM EVERY YEAR.
>> > >
>> > > THERE ALSO IS ANOTHER THING, THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW,
>> > > HE WROTE A SPECIAL LITTLE CARD...HE DID THIS YEARS AGO.
>> > > THEN, SHOULD EVER I FIND OUT THAT HE'S NO LONGER HERE,
>> > > THAT'S THE CARD...THAT SHOULD BE SENT, TO YOU THE FOLLOWING YEAR."
>> > >
>> > > SHE THANKED HIM AND HUNG UP THE PHONE, HER TEARS NOW FLOWING HARD.
>> > > HER FINGERS SHAKING, AS SHE SLOWLY REACHED TO GET THE CARD.
>> > > INSIDE THE CARD, SHE SAW THAT HE HAD WRITTEN HER A NOTE.
>> > > THEN, AS SHE STARED IN TOTAL SILENCE, THIS IS WHAT HE WROTE...
>> > >
>> > > "HELLO MY LOVE, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE,
>> > > I HOPE IT HASN'T BEEN TOO HARD FOR YOU TO OVERCOME.
>> > > I KNOW IT MUST BE LONELY, AND THE PAIN IS VERY REAL.
>> > > FOR IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY, I KNOW HOW I WOULD FEEL.
>> > >
>> > > THE LOVE WE SHARED MADE EVERYTHING SO BEAUTIFUL IN LIFE.
>> > > I LOVED YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY, YOU WERE THE PERFECT WIFE.
>> > > YOU WERE MY FRIEND AND LOVER, YOU FULFILLED MY EVERY NEED.
>> > > I KNOW IT'S ONLY BEEN A YEAR, BUT PLEASE TRY NOT TO GRIEVE.
>> > >
>> > > I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY, EVEN WHEN YOU SHED YOUR TEARS.
>> > > THAT IS WHY THE ROSES WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR YEARS.
>> > > WHEN YOU GET THESE ROSES, THINK OF ALL THE HAPPINESS,
>> > > THAT WE HAD TOGETHER, AND HOW BOTH OF US WERE BLESSED.
>> > >
>> > > I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU AND I KNOW I ALWAYS WILL.
>> > > BUT, MY LOVE, YOU MUST GO ON, YOU HAVE SOME LIVING STILL.
>> > > PLEASE...TRY TO FIND HAPPINESS, WHILE LIVING OUT YOUR DAYS.
>> > > I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY, BUT I HOPE YOU FIND SOME WAYS.
>> > >
>> > > THE ROSES WILL COME EVERY YEAR, AND THEY WILL ONLY STOP,
>> > > WHEN YOUR DOOR'S NOT ANSWERED, WHEN THE FLORIST STOPS TO KNOCK.
>> > > HE WILL COME FIVE TIMES THAT DAY, IN CASE YOU HAVE GONE OUT.
>> > > BUT AFTER HIS LAST VISIT, HE WILL KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT,
>> > > TO TAKE THE ROSES TO THE PLACE, WHERE I'VE INSTRUCTED HIM,
>> > > AND PLACE THE ROSES WHERE WE ARE, TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.
>> > >
>> > > SOMETIMES IN LIFE, YOU FIND A SPECIAL FRIEND;
>> > > SOMEONE WHO CHANGES YOUR LIFE JUST BY BEING PART OF IT.
>> > > SOMEONE WHO MAKES YOU LAUGH UNTIL YOU CAN'T STOP;
>> > > SOMEONE WHO MAKES YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE REALLY IS GOOD IN THE
>> > > WORLD.
>> > > SOMEONE WHO CONVINCES YOU THAT THERE REALLY IS AN UNLOCKED DOOR JUST
>> > > WAITING FOR YOU TO OPEN IT.
>> > >
>> > > THIS IS FOREVER FRIENDSHIP.