PINK ROSES..........
Written at 10:03 a.m. on 2004-08-26
THIS WAS SENT TO ME BY A SPECIAL FRIEND,I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS WITH ALL OF YOU.
Her hair was up in a pony tail,
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> > her favorite dress tied with a bow.
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> > Today was Daddy's Day at school,
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> > and she couldn't wait to go.
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> > But her mommy tried to tell her,
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> > that she probably should stay home.
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> > Why the kids might not understand,
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> > if she went to school alone.
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> > But she was not afraid;
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> > she knew just what to say.
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> > What to tell her classmates
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> > of why he wasn't there today.
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> > But still her mother worried,
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> > for her to face this day alone.
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> > And that was why once again,
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> > she tried to keep her daughter home.
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> > But the little girl went to school
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> > eager to tell them all.
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> > About a dad she never sees
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> > a dad who never calls.
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> > There were daddies along the wall in back,
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> > for everyone to meet.
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> > Children squirming impatiently,
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> > anxious in their seats.
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> > one by one the teacher called
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> > a student from the class.
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> > To introduce their daddy,
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> > as seconds slowly passed.
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> > At last the teacher called her name,
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> > every child turned to stare.
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> > each of them was searching,
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> > for a man who wasn't there.
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> > "Where's her daddy at?"
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> > she heard a boy call out.
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> > "She probably doesn't have one,"
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> > another student dared to shout.
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> > And from somewhere near the back,
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> > she heard a daddy say,
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> > "Looks like another deadbeat dad,
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> > too busy to waste his day."
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> > The words did not offend her,
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> > she smiled up at her Mom.
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> > and looked back at her teacher,
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> > who told her to go on.
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> > And with hands behind her back,
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> > slowly she began to speak.
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> > And out from the mouth of a child,
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> > came words incredibly unique.
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> > "My Daddy couldn't be here,
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> > because he lives so far away.
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> > But I know he wishes he could be,
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> > since this is such a special day.
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> > And though you cannot meet him,
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> > I wanted you to know.
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> > All about my daddy,
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> > and how much he loves me so.
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> > He loved to tell me stories
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> > he taught me to ride my bike.
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> > He surprised me with pink roses,
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> > and taught me to fly a kite.
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> > We used to share fudge sundaes,
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> > and ice cream in a cone.
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> > And though you cannot see him.
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> > I'm not standing here alone.
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> > "Cause my daddy's always with me,
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> > even though we are apart
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> > I know because he told me,
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> > he'll forever be in my heart"
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> > With that, her little hand reached up,
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> > and lay across her chest.
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> > Feeling her own heartbeat,
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> > beneath her favorite dress.
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> > And from somewhere in the crowd of dads,
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> > her mother stood in tears.
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> > Proudly watching her daughter,
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> > who was wise beyond her years.
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> > For she stood up for the love
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> > of a man not in her life.
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> > Doing what was best for her,
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> > doing what was right.
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> > And when she dropped her hand back down,
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> > staring straight into the crowd.
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> > She finished with a voice so soft,
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> > but its message clear and loud.
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> > "I love my daddy very much,
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> > he's my shining star.
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> > And if he could, he'd be here,
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> > but heaven's just too far.
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> > You see he was a fireman
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> > and died just this past year
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> > When airplanes hit the towers
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> > and taught Americans to fear.
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> > But sometimes when I close my eyes,
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> > it's like he never went away."
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> > And then she closed her eyes,
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> > and saw him there that day.
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> > And to her mothers amazement,
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> > she witnessed with surprise.
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> > A room full of daddies and children,
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> > all starting to close their eyes.
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> > Who knows what they saw before them,
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> > who knows what they felt inside.
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> > Perhaps for merely a second,
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> > they saw him at her side.
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> > "I know you're with me Daddy,"
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> > to the silence she called out.
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> > And what happened next made believers,
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> > of those once filled with doubt.
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> > Not one in that room could explain it,
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> > for each of their eyes had been closed.
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> > But there on the desk beside her,
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> > was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.
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> > And a child was blessed, if only for a moment,
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> > by the love of her shining star.
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> > And given the gift of believing,
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> > that heaven is never too far.
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> > They say it takes a minute to find a special
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> > person, an hour to appreciate them,
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> > a day to love them, but then an entire
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> > life to forget them.
