The Lesson of the Roses – October 14, 2007
For years an attentive woman had tended her rose garden, carefully pruning and maintaining her plants exactly the way her family had done for generations....
For years an attentive woman had tended her rose garden, carefully pruning and maintaining her plants exactly the way her family had done for generations....
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