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A Special Question
Today I am very thankful for the time that I had to spend with my Dad when we knew he was terminally ill with cancer. One of the many questions I asked him was “what is your favourite flower?” I can’t tell you how much the answer has meant to me. |  |
My Dad loved roses but I never really knew that. As a child there were never roses in the garden because he was frightened we would hurt ourselves with the thorns. As we grew up and left home there was a beautiful climbing rose that we could see from the kitchen window. The garden was full of flowers so I never realised quite how much this flower meant to him.
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| Just days before he died I took him a rose plant that sat by his bed. After his inevitable death my Mum asked me was there anything I would like. I asked if she would mind if I took the plant that I had given him. Today that beautiful plant is in my garden where I can watch the new buds form and flower. It brings a smile to my face as I remember my Dad. My children know Grandad’s favourite flower too and will often point out roses and say Grandad is here with us too. |
This was a very special gift that my Dad left me. Now I know all the favourite flowers of those who are close to me as I may not have the chance to find out. Terminal illness has the positive side of giving you time to ask all the questions you want to. The answer to that one question has brought me so much comfort in the months after I said my final goodbye.
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