CERTAINLY HE DIDN’T RECOGNIZE the significance of his choice—yellow and orange sweetheart roses in a vase tied with a yellow gingham ribbon.
Even I didn’t realize until the day after how the color choice and the ribbon transcended time. Men don’t often notice these details. And I nearly missed them in the bouquet he gave me.
On May 15, 1982, yellow sweetheart roses and babies breath ringed my short-cropped hair on our wedding day.
On Thursday, our 32nd wedding anniversary, my husband gave me a bouquet of yellow and orange sweetheart roses accented with babies breath.
Yellow roses were my bridal day flower of choice, along with daisies.
I also stitched yellow and white checked aprons for my cousins who waited on tables at our wedding reception.
It took me an entire day to connect the past to the present. And when I did, I leaned in and breathed even more deeply the fragrance of love’s memory.
© Copyright 2014 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
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