10/22/2024
Demonstrate Devotion:
Throughout our relationship Mark and I played the "Rose Game". It started when we were dating and had very different schedules. One night Mark drove to my apartment and placed a red rose on my windshield so I would see it before my drive to work. I returned the gesture, hiding a small artificial red rose in his briefcase to find while he was attending University classes. The gesture means "I love you, I'm thinking of you..."
In our 21 years on earth together, we hid them; in the fridge, a cup holder, on the shelf in the shower, even as a decoration on a dessert that came to our table on a cruise! We often involved our children and friends in the game. At Mark's funeral, over 120 long-stemmed red roses individually came to me as people came through the receiving line. Everyone was honoring our romance!
Share something below that you've done, or plan to do, to honor your romance.