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Roses in the rain
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04/23/17 12:32 PM
04/23/17 12:32 PM
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Just got back from a short and probably last time visit to a very ill person I've known a long time. Cancer, last stages, absolutely terminal, maybe a couple of weeks left, if God is merciful maybe less. The house, although spotless and the gentleman very well cared for, reeked of death. The heat and oppressive smell nearly got to me so I stepped out on the porch to get some fresh air. I didn't see them when I came in, but on a trellise on the front porch were several dozen absolutely beautiful roses. Each was perfect, each glistened with rain drops. The intensity of the deep red framed by the green vines and their light scent, just for a second or two, removed the stench of death so prevalent behind me. I realized that's how life is - death is always nearby but there are always some roses in the rain. And we are always somewhere between the two. So I took a deep breath of the clean fresh air, looked again at the roses, and went back inside for a few more minutes. The smell wasn't so bad this time. And when we left I made sure to thank the roses as I walked by.
Last edited by roadkill; 04/23/17 12:51 PM.
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Re: Roses in the rain
[Re: paulfish4570]
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04/23/17 01:16 PM
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Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I can see it in my mind's eye
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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Re: Roses in the rain
[Re: roadkill]
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04/23/17 02:16 PM
04/23/17 02:16 PM
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Booner
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God bless you for that. Puts death in a slightly different perspective
There is 2 different high fence. 1 small and one big! Mine was free range in the big pen and was not a breeder buck. Why does it have to be twisted around??
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Re: Roses in the rain
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04/23/17 02:16 PM
04/23/17 02:16 PM
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Posts: 16,963 Madison
BowtechDan
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Death can sure make the eyes see what we've been missing. Thoughts to your member, family and you. And thanks for sharing.
Nathan Carl Goff 19 Sept 2016 - 14 Jan 2017.
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Re: Roses in the rain
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04/23/17 03:19 PM
04/23/17 03:19 PM
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TickaTicka
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A nice written summation. Volunteered for a hospice program many years ago and cared for many terminally ill patients in their final days of life in their homes. Roses in the rain indeed.
Public Land Owner
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