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Long ago, as 2008 was turning to 2009, I wrote a piece on the color rose for a group at Gather.com called Rainbow Connections.
The group was born out of my love for rainbows and each week, I explored the nuances and associations of a different color. I didn’t know Wild Rose of Scotland back then, but recently, as I reread what I’d written about the Rose, I felt like I was getting to know Rose – the color, the character, and the flower – in a whole new light.
If you’re as intrigued by Rose as I am, you can see more of her in Wild Rose, the first of my Wildflowers of Scotland novels.
Rose… a name, a flower, a color, or none of the above.
Rose means different things to different people.
Grandma’s fluffy slippers… Pretty, little cookies…
Cheeks pink fresh from the cold…
Parades and petals… A bride’s bouquet… A hat, a favorite bathrobe… A silky comforter… Rose fills us with an effervescent glow…
Rose gives us a sense of well-being…
Maybe we are looking at the world through rose-colored glasses…
Maybe we just like the color rose.
Whatever the reason, whatever the season…
Rose makes us feel better…
It cheers us up, gives us a sense of direction…
It fills us with radiance…
Rose comforts us.
Rose makes us whole again… ..
Whether “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”…
Or, a Rose by any other name…
What does Rose mean to you?
Here’s to a Wild Rose… available now through Second Wind Publishing.