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the brightest smile I had ever seen. I would swear a
soft halo encircled her blonde hair as she kept walk-
ing toward me, her eyes holding mine.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and tears
began misting in my eyes. "These are for you," she
said and placed three beautiful long stemmed yellow
roses in my arms. "When you go through the line, they
will know these are paid for." She leaned over and
placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again.
I wanted to tell her what she'd done, what the roses
meant, but still unable to speak, I watched as she
walked away as tears clouded my vision.
I looked down at the beautiful roses nestled in the
store to the dairy products. There I stood, trying to green tissue wrapping and found it almost unreal. How
decide which size milk I should buy. A Quart, I finally did she know? Suddenly the answer seemed so clear.
decided and moved on to the ice cream. If nothing I wasn't alone.
else, I could always fix myself an ice cream cone.
Oh, you haven't forgotten me, have you? I whispered,
I placed the ice cream in my cart and looked down with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she
the aisle toward the front. I saw first the green suit, was his angel.
then recognized the pretty lady coming towards me.
In her arms, she carried a package. On her face was - Author Unknown