Please See My Rose

My beautiful Rose faded away in my rose garden. A picture of it is in another post here on my blog. I hated to see it go away, I love to look at it in the mornings. It takes away some of the sadness here. Its a very sad life with someone you love is so ill and you know they will not get any better. The roses lifted my spirits but they are gone now. I make and sell girls hairbows, I love ribbon, any kind of ribbon but so far hairbows are the only thing I've made of my ribbons until now. I've been learning how to make ribbon roses. This picture is a rose I made last night while sitting in the living room tending to his dialysis machine. It lifts my spirits so much. I have an idea of a dozen roses all made of ribbons with long stems to give to my Sister and my Sister-n-Law. They are my only Sisters and and it would make me feel so good to give my roses away. This reminds me of a beautiful poem that my far away Friend posted here on my blog. Reaching across the deep waters from another Country she touched on my passion.

Here it is:

I love roses, they are one of my favourite flowers. The rose in your photo is beautiful - I wanted to reach over and smell it ... lol, reminds me of a poem about roses that I once knew ..thought I had lost it but rummaged around and found it in a book in my cupboard - it goes like this:

A Dozen Roses

I Got A Dozen Roses
From A Friend The Other Day
But I Only Have 1 Left
For I Gave Them All Away

I Gave One To My Sister
Who To Me Is Very Dear
In Hopes That It Will Bring To Her
A Little Floral Cheer

I Took One To A Friend
Who's Not Feeling Very Well
The Flower Or The Visit
Which Helped More I Could Not Tell

One Went To A Friend
I Haven't Known For Long -
She Struggles, So In Some Small Way
I Hope This Helps Her Carry On

The Rest Went To The Ones
Who've Helped Me In So Many Ways
They Have Been A Cheerful Presence
On My Very Dreary Days

The Roses Were So Pretty
I Just Could Not Keep Them All
Except One Single Bud Standing
Beautiful And Tall.

My Friend Gave Me The Flowers
To Help Brighten Up My Day
But The Biggest Joy I Received
Was Giving Them Away

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Have a wonderful day, Judy