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The Red Rose
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I'll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers. As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.”
She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.
The man returned to the flower shop, cancelled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his mother's house.
but how much love we put into giving.”
I thought I'd never tie my shoe,
Until I did, and now I do.
I thought I'd never ride my bike,
And now I ride whenever I like.
I thought I'd never talk to you,
Now you're my friend, see what I can do?
I thought I'd never touch the sky,
But I never will unless I try.
— FONDA BELL MILLER
