Sharon..........the Rose

by Mulan 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  Mulan

  My husband always called her "The Rose", alluding to the Rose of Sharon, in the Bible. Rarely did he call her Sharon, but always "The Rose". After she died yesterday, I looked up the words to the song, The Rose. They seem to fit so well.

  Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed.
  Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
  Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need.
  I say love, it is a flower, and you it's only seed.

  It's the heart, afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance
  It's the dream, afraid of waking, that never takes a chance.
  It's the one who won't be taken, who cannot seem to give.
  And the soul, afraid of dying, that never learns to live.

  When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long,
  And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
  Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows,
  Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes
  The Rose.

  Sharon Kennedy
  January 27, 1942 - September 6, 2001
  Gone too soon.

  Marilyn (a.k.a. Mulan)
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  Princess

  Funny how I never knew that. You guys all had weird names for each other though.

  She changed so much over the last couple of years, it's nice to see such a beautiful picture of her to remember her by.

  Princess
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  Tatiana

  Thank you, Marilyn, for sharing that picture. I have tears in my eyes now and I didn't even know her. That song is beautiful. Here is another one I always loved by Seal. It's a little more modern, but I love the words.

  There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.
  You became the light on the dark side of me.
  Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.
  But did you know,
  That when it snows,
  My eyes become large and,
  The light that you shine can be seen.

  Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey....kiss from a rose on the grey.
  Ooh,The more I get of you,Ooh....the stranger it feels, yeah.
  And now that your rose is is in bloom.
  A light hits the gloom on the grey.

  There is so much a man can tell you,..
  there's so much he can say.
  There's so much inside.
  You remain,you.......My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
  To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.. yeah.
  Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
  But did you know,
  That when it snows,
  My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
  Baby,...I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
  I've been..kissed from a rose on the grey.
  Ooh, the more I get of you...ooh...........
  the stranger it feels, yeah
  stranger it feels, ...yeah.
  Now that your rose is in bloom.
  A light hits the gloom on the grey,

  I've been kissed by a rose on the grey,...
  I've been kissed by a rose ...been kissed by a rose on the grey.
  I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
  And if I should fall, at all
  I've been kissed by a rose...been kissed by a rose on the grey.
  There is so much a man can tell you,..So much he can say.
  There's so much inside.
  You remain you.......My power, my pleasure, my pain.

  To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah
  Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.
  But did you know,
  That when it snows,
  My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
  Baby, ...I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
  Been..kissed from a rose on the grey.Ooh, the more I get of you...ooh..the stranger it feels, yeah stranger it feels.

  Now that your rose is in bloom, A light hits the gloom on the grey.
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  Her "rose" is in bloom now, and her light is still shining in all this darkness.

  April

  "Love never dies." Voivodul Vlad Draculea (from Bram Stoker's Dracula-1992)
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  Tina

  (((((((((((((mulan)))))))))))))
  My heartfelt condolences and love go with you!
  She was indeed,a beautiful individual,both outside and in!
  wishing you strength and courage.
  I have a Rose of Sharon in my garden,after having read her story and your love for her,I will always think of you both when I look upon it's beauty. Love,Tina

  Carl Sagan on balancing openness to new ideas with skeptical scrutiny..."if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense-you cannot distinguish useful ideas from worthless ones."
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  VeniceIT

  You've done it again I'm crying, that was so touching. That's a great picture, I wish I could have known her then!

  Ven

  "The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong, is to let him have his own way."---Josh Billings
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  Princess

  Hi Ven, I just was at mom's and I read the memorial program and started crying. Just thinking of the music...

  She is missed.

  Princess