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I absolutely love all types of music. I listen to it every chance I get. MyHotComments
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I do not read very much. I had rather watch a movie with some popcorn anyday. MyHotComments
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I love funny sitcomes and I absolutely love scary movies the most. I love all the old scary movies like Nightmare on Elm street and Halloween. I love Stephen King movies also. MyHotComments
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My hero is my dad. He was a wonderful man. If you met him, you loved him and if you didnt meet him it was a loss. I was blessed to have him as my father for 39 years. R.I.P MyHotComments
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Melinda_Martin Welcome to Melinda_Martin's profile
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Well, I am married to a wonderful man for 23 years now. We have 3 beautiful children that are pretty much grown now. I am a nurse and I love my job, no weekends and no holidays. I deer hunt, but not very much. I love to fish for white perch. I hope I spelled that right. Other than that I hang out at the house with the kids and the animals. MyHotComments
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Every flower has a history and every flower symbolizes something. Often the history and symbols are confusing and contradictory but they are still fascinating. The flower for the month of June is the rose. Here is the story and language of the flower.
The Linguistic Roots for the Name Rose
The Latin name for the rose, rosa, literally means red. Diana Wells suggests that saying that rose means red is like saying the heart is a muscle situated on the left side of the rib cage, it is an incomplete understanding of what the blossom symbolizes.
History of the Flower
Quite possibly the most popular flower in the history of the world, the rose has a multitude of legends and myths surrounding it. A flower of such prominence must be related to the gods of our world or at least one would think so when considering the wealth of otherworldly associations attached to the blossom. Was the smile of Amor the source of our first rose or did it fall from the hair of the goddess of dawn, Aurora?
The sweet scent and frowsy beauty of the blossom resulted in it being popular among the rulers of this world. The infamous Cleopatra had her pillows filled with rose petals. Romans used petals to decorate their feasts and even had canopies filled to shower petals upon the guests. Sometimes the Romans love of roses became too much and the shower of petals would actually smother guests.
The Symbolism of Roses
Jewish legends attributed the color of the rose to the first blood that darkened the earths soil. The Teutons believed the rose was a symbol of the underworld and called their battlefields rose gardens.
Just wanted to give you a reason to smile today!