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My Falling Rose My Mother

First breath Sep 2, 1931 and a special child with a heart shaped like a rose named Emma is born into this world. This special child develops into a beautiful woman with an old fashioned tea rose for a heart and her body takes the form of a garden. Emma crosses paths with Romeo who falls in love with her garden at first site. Emma isn’t just a beauty in the eye of the Beholder but also smells nice and is easy to care for in a world full of spoiled flowers. Romeo has a heart full of love if it was gold would be 24K to give the right woman when it comes to love he is blessed with a heart that is part Hybrid perpetual inside his heart to show the special love he felt for the first love of his life which was his own mother. A Hybrid Perpetual is also known as a different breed of Rose. Romeo had the right balance in his heart at birth which was part 80% lover known also as a gardener and 20% fighter which made him the catch of a lifetime for Emma. Emma and Romeo got married and when they said I do God blessed Emma and Romeo that special night with a union of 2 hearts in the form of a Hybrid Tea Rose also known as rose royalty for Emma to keep in Heart till death do them part. The years were special for Emma and if you could look at heart would see she had many AARS moments also known all All-American Rose Selections over her life time. Heart’s Desire Oldest Daughter Ana Secret Pink Second Child Alma White Knight Third Child First boy Romeo Double Delight Red Child 4 Raul Honor White Child 5 Roel Whisper White Child 6 Rogelio Love & Peace Golden Child 7 Rocky Petal count 52 this represents weeks. Thickness of each rose petal 4 mm each mm represents the different seasons. This would be the same thickness has two $1 presidential coins. Emma is the first lady of Romeo’s world. Weight of each rose petal 7 grams the same as holding 3 pennies in your hand. If you ever wonder where the phrase a penny of your thought came from its from your mom . 13 thorns to represent the lunar cycle which helps a mom known which days she is most fertile. Flower size would be the size of hand closed. In Emma case would be the weight of 156 pennies. That would make Emma’s heart 13 ounces. A man’s heart weighs 10 ounces and a woman’s heart weights approximately 8 ounces. Fragrance strong, fruity and citrusy. Her final breath Sep 17, 2014 may you rest in peace in the garden of love in heaven.

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