Stories of Kindness from Around the World

As I handed folks a rose, I said, "We're celebrating our anniversary and giving out a rose for each year...39! Would you like one?"

So many smiles and hugs and stories about recipient's anniversaries we shared over the simple beauty of a colorful rose; the joy (and heartbreak too -- some partners gone) to a deeper connect of LOVE.

From the library to the grocery store parking lot, from the restaurant (where I went back and gave our server another rose, because she was so very very dear) to the drive-thru coffee shack...each rose husband and I gave put a new smile in our hearts.

Leaving 2 roses on our front porch tonight (giving out sooo many roses is exhausting!), so niece can pick up on her way to work, and give one to co-worker too.

Husband had started the tradition of a rose for every year of our marriage and altho got off easy the first years, had begun to be quite the floral arrangement!!!

Prefer this sharing to watching all those lovely roses wither and end up in the compost.

And each rose given was received with anniversary wishes for us! What a blessing, my friends....almost 39 times over (a few more left to give tomorrow)!!!