When I picked my first rose I gave it to my MOM.....I was young - TopicsExpress

When I picked my first rose I gave it to my MOM.....I was young and my heart was hers....she taught me the true meaning of Love..... From that point on.....the beautiful flower called the Rose....has been a emotional heart string to anyone that has received the wonderful creation from the Garden of Yeshua. I tried to pass on to my children the true meaning of love....I guess growing older and now wiser a man like myself has time to contemplate LIFE....Danielle my true love would sing her heart song....The Rose....while we sang Karaoke on our Big Gazebo....she is my song for life..... My Son Joshua Griffin....also had a Rose......this Beautiful Flower was named Denelle....I remember the first time he wanted to give His Rose a Rose.....Love truly is a splendor....Josh liked a SINGLE Rose I believe in his heart of hearts that that single Rose would represent his Heart....gently Josh would take that long stemmed rose and get out his trusty pocket knife and he would remove every sharp thorn on the stem.....he would tell me.....that he wanted his gift to his Flower his true LOVE ...his Denelle to be perfect....when at a restaurant Josh would take a paper napkin and twist it, shape it....wrap it and before your very eyes.....a paper Rose was created...then handed to his future bride Denelle. Oh how I did dearly want that day to appear. I have had a lot of time to think of late.....and like LIFE we have an opportunity to just grab something of beauty.....but there ALWAYS seems to have a thorn hidden amoung the leaves....we get smitten by the Beautiful Flower but God put a protecting guard so not just anyone or anything can just grab it. Tenderly, lovingly one has to proceed....like a diamond in the rough.....gently tumbling .....knocking off the sharp edges..... Denelle and JOSHUA were like a beautiful Rose Garden.....the more you saw them together.....the more they glowed......yes, Love is like a river.....Love can flow so gently down a sparkling mountain stream or it can shoot the rapids....but when the love can find the clear calm pond to gather in....it will reflect into the universe that mirror that duplicates your heart.....when Josh and Denelle were together their love shined like the Beautiful Sunlight of the morning .....a new day.....a deeper love...an eternal understanding of the Rose... .. Like a pressed FLOWER wonderful memories of love stored in the protective pages of their Book of Love, Josh and Denelles.....Love has been covered with the covers of a cherished book....a book of Love to be preserved FOREVER and a day. Love .....the DAD