by Kenny L. Mitchell

Created on: April 25, 2009   Last Updated: May 05, 2009

She was always my perfect Rose. When she first stepped into our congregation I was playing Amazing Grace on the organ. As her eyes met mine I hit a wrong chord! I felt butterflies dance in my stomach. Once the song was over, a demure glance from her direction let me know that the feeling that I just discovered was hardly one sided. After church everyone went around shaking hands. It seemed to take forever to get around to see her. The choir director was lecturing me on the wrong note I had played. I couldn't even hear her words. I was gazing at the beautiful angel who stood less than 10 feet from me. She stood there shaking the minister's hand and congratulating him on such a fine sermon. After I pried my self away from our choir director, I walked directly over to the minister who introduced us. The only two things I can remember about that conversation is that the minister said her name was Rose and as we shook hands I had completely and utterly fallen in love.

After nearly a month of coy looks and a gentle push by several "matchmakers" in the church, we eventually went out on our first date. I had never went roller skating before. She was great at it! I still recall, the image of me falling down so hard and her laughing even harder! She told me later that the very moment she fell in love with me is when they played the song "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole. We rolled along the rink holding hands. I had fallen in love with once glance. She fell inl love as we rolled in a perfect circle. By the second course of his song, we had fingers interlocked and our hearts were one.

A few months after that, we had gotten married in the same church that we'd met. Rose and I had our first and only child nearly 2 years after we were married. He looks just like me, but his true nature is more like his mother's. He has a loving heart and always thinks of others first. I found out very early in our marriage that Rose can really sing! When she was rocking our son Alex to sleep for the first time she sang a lullabye that would put any singer to shame. I was so gratetful to God for giving me the gift of this beautiful family.

One day, as I worked as a security guard at a industrial plant, my boss told me I had an emergency phone call. My wife's sister called and said there was an emergency and my wife was at the hospital. I can't even remember how I got there. The only thing I can tell you is that one minute I was in my manager's office and the next I was standing by my wife's bed.

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