“Sometimes life touches one person with a bouquet and another with a thorn bush, but the first may find a wasp in the flowers, and the second may discover roses among the thorns.”
— Billy Graham
Bounty from one of many gorgeous offerings in Portland, Oregon’s Rose Garden, 2013.
finding merle 
Love the photo and the quote. You always pair the best things…
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Thank you! 🙂
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Thinking of you today… Hugs. Hope it goes well.
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Thank you, my friend. I’m glad it’s over, and hope with all my heart I never have to attend another such memorial.
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Oooooooh… So sad.
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For sure. 😦
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Hugs. And hugs. And hugs. And about a thousand more hugs. Then another…
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So true. It’s all about perspective
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😉
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Love this post!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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