One Year

Yellow Rose For Mom

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It was one year ago today that my mother passed from this life. She died peacefully in her sleep after a long battle with lung disease. It's hard to believe it's been a year already. Several times during the past year I wanted to pick up the phone to call her and tell her about something that was going on in my life, only to quickly remember she's not with us any more. Those are the times I miss her the most.

A yellow rose was her favorite flower. She had a yellow rose bush growing just off the steps of the deck in her back yard. That particular bush started as a cutting from a yellow rose bush that belonged to her mother, so she was especially proud of it. The yellow rose bud above is one I photographed locally, and made into a card for her one Mother 's Day. It was the most fitting photo I could think of to remember her today.