A few years ago, Ray and I went to the National Memorial Arboretum in the centre of England in Staffordshire. It is a wonderful place to go and is a very large area to walk around and I would recommend you get on the little train.
Several things really impressed me. Apart from all the memorials all the servicemen of the 3 services, there were memorials to the Post Office, Boys Brigade, Conscientious Objectors (many of whom helped the Civil Defence, including my father, Fire Services, Ambulances, etc. in this country) and many more.
The War Widows were not left out. There is a magnificent Rose Garden divided into four different colours with 20+ varieties of roses in each. They symbolise the strands of grief – red for anger; mauve for despair; pink for quiet acceptance; and yellow and white for looking forward with happy memories.
It reminds me of the women at the foot of the cross on which Jesus died and this included his mother. They must have gone through so many of these strands of grief until Jesus rose from the dead and they could look forward again with happy memories.
If you are going through difficult times think of these roses and their meaning and of Jesus’s mother, relatives and friends and I pray that you too will be able to look forward again with happy memories.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM
A few years ago, Ray and I went to the National Memorial Arboretum in the centre of England in Staffordshire. It is a wonderful place to go and is a very large area to walk around and I would recommend you get on the little train.
Several things really impressed me. Apart from all the memorials all the servicemen of the 3 services, there were memorials to the Post Office, Boys Brigade, Conscientious Objectors (many of whom helped the Civil Defence, including my father, Fire Services, Ambulances, etc. in this country) and many more.
The War Widows were not left out. There is a magnificent Rose Garden divided into four different colours with 20+ varieties of roses in each. They symbolise the strands of grief – red for anger; mauve for despair; pink for quiet acceptance; and yellow and white for looking forward with happy memories.
It reminds me of the women at the foot of the cross on which Jesus died and this included his mother. They must have gone through so many of these strands of grief until Jesus rose from the dead and they could look forward again with happy memories.
If you are going through difficult times think of these roses and their meaning and of Jesus’s mother, relatives and friends and I pray that you too will be able to look forward again with happy memories.