Three weeks ago, my husband and I would have celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary. He would always buy me flowers for our anniversary. I knew, of course, there would be no flowers this year.

That afternoon, there was a knock at my door. It was a delivery person from a local florist. He had a vase of red roses and a frame that held my husband's picture and a poem entitled "Remember Me". The picture of my husband was taken at his birthday just a very short time before he became ill. It is not a fancy picture but he has a big smile and he is wearing his SU sweatshirt. He looks exactly like I want to remember him.

I opened the card that accompanied it and saw that my daughter Cathy had sent this wonderful gift. On the card she had written "Dad would have sent these if he were here". What a beautiful, thoughtful gesture. I called her immediately to thank her. She just said she had the florist put the roses in a vase so that she would not have to come over and arrange them for me. She was making light of the situation, but I know she really knew how special this was to me.

Of course, I want to share the poem with you.