Comments on: Flowers-Oh My! (in a Texas drawl) http://www.marks-journal.com/2007/08/29/flowers-oh-my/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:20:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Cynthia http://www.marks-journal.com/2007/08/29/flowers-oh-my/#comment-8485 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:22:49 +0000 http://www.marks-journal.com/2007/08/29/flowers-oh-my/#comment-8485 I participated in the LiveStrong Challenge in Philadelphia on August 25th. As a 25 year cancer survivor I received a yellow rose at the end of my 44.3 mile bike ride. Not wanting to lose the rose I put it in a water bottle and set it on the bumper of our SUV and went off to get food and enjoy the after party. When my husband and I returned we realized that the bottle had blown over and someone had picked it up and refilled the water. Four days later the rose is on our mantel as gorgeous as it was when I got it. This morning I came to the site to order flowers for a friend and found this posting from Sally. As a recipient, I very much appreciate and value the symbolism of the rose. I also think of all the pictures of people with their Rose at the end of the ride, and of course the importance of the "Ride for the Roses". Thank you to Mark Hayes, Marcy and Andrea of Flowerbud.com, and Marcy of FedEx for making sure that this important part of the event went off smoothly...at least from the participants’ perspective :-) The event wouldn't be the same without you. Thank you! I participated in the LiveStrong Challenge in Philadelphia on August 25th. As a 25 year cancer survivor I received a yellow rose at the end of my 44.3 mile bike ride. Not wanting to lose the rose I put it in a water bottle and set it on the bumper of our SUV and went off to get food and enjoy the after party. When my husband and I returned we realized that the bottle had blown over and someone had picked it up and refilled the water. Four days later the rose is on our mantel as gorgeous as it was when I got it.

This morning I came to the site to order flowers for a friend and found this posting from Sally. As a recipient, I very much appreciate and value the symbolism of the rose. I also think of all the pictures of people with their Rose at the end of the ride, and of course the importance of the “Ride for the Roses”. Thank you to Mark Hayes, Marcy and Andrea of Flowerbud.com, and Marcy of FedEx for making sure that this important part of the event went off smoothly…at least from the participants’ perspective :-) The event wouldn’t be the same without you.
Thank you!

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